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Serbia is not like the others. You see the genocide in Gaza, but also see the genocide in Srebrenica.

If there were ~9 wars that followed purely imperialist logic and 1 where it could plausibly have been done for imperialist or humanitarian reasons, it was probably done for imperialist reasons.

Fragmenting Serbia and creating a puppet state within its borders did serve America's goal to project power in the balkans.

Future historians will judge America harshly for the now documented millions of Vietnamese, Iraqis, Afghans, Lybians that died for no reason at the hand of America.

Wonder if it will be depicted as a modern Mongol Invasion equivalent, with all the cruelty associated with it

I'm sure America is shaking in fear at the thought of future historians.

The Mongols were a mixed bag. Cruel in certain ways but surprisingly enlightened and pragmatic in others. Many of the conquered peoples lived better under the Mongols than under their previous overlords.

https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/187628/genghis-khan...

>Cruel in certain ways but surprisingly enlightened and pragmatic in others.

Sounds like western imperialism then?

Imperial Japan improved living conditions in their co-prosperity sphere.

It also murdered ~20 million people in China, but, you know, you give and you take, right?

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