They specifically said 20th century, and were obviously referring to the post world war period.
After the wars, the US sought soft power, not territory.
Aligning with them was often a more safe move.
They specifically said 20th century, and were obviously referring to the post world war period.
After the wars, the US sought soft power, not territory.
Aligning with them was often a more safe move.
seeigel@feddit.org 1 day ago
Which were the Chinese and Russian 20th century post world war land grabs?
ricecake@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
en.wikipedia.org/…/Territorial_changes_of_the_Peo…
en.wikipedia.org/…/Military_occupations_by_the_So…
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en.wikipedia.org/…/United_States_territorial_acqu…
Notable examples would be places like “Tibet”, several Baltic states, and an attempt on Finland. Hell, Russia is currently trying to annex Ukraine.
seeigel@feddit.org 1 day ago
My comment was a reply to this argument:
Seems like Russia also didn’t grab new land after the wars.
ricecake@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
Ah, choosing to ignore the territorial annexation that took place during the war or annexations that failed? And China?