In the absence of US leadership in the region it was only a matter of time before some other treaty came into being.
I wouldn’t be surprised if Biden/Harris lands us in another Vietnam for some other moral mandate. We went to Vietnam under the pretense of stopping Communism. Just replace Communism with slavery, climate change, sexism, and it becomes plausible based on his rhetoric.
This comment runs too close to slippery slope. Involvement does not equal war. Besides, If you survey the country about the US role in the world I’m sure many people would say they would like the US to be world leader. I personally disagree but not everyone does.
As it was it was dictated by US corporations and negotiated in secret and killed by a dedicated lobbying effort by concerned citizens.