@stupendousman I agree that America shouldn’t be expected to barge into every conflict there is. But I expect it to honour treaties, in which they even were the major protagonist, mainly because it was of great economic value to the US.

One of the reasons USA became a superpower in the first place was the allied nations willingness to part with resources post WW2. It is also not accurate that European countries don’t do aid, that be military or humanitarian. They have among other places done that in India for over a hundred years. Maybe American (or Indian) television doesn’t report on European aid, but we’re used to that over here.

There also a big difference between going into a conflict where nobody has asked for help, (but it’s financially sound for a nation to do so), and one where atrocities are committed and people are pleading for help.

@stupendousman USA has to get involved in every conflict not out of goodwill but because of economics. Let's not forget the biggest military-industrial complex in the world. @odd

@Parag Yes, that is a main motivator. I wish they have spared some of the gunpowder for necessary use though.

@Parag @odd @stupendousman Agreed with the framing that US involvement is not based on goodwill but rather 70+ years of building the military industrial complex and its intention to control resources. And very much agreed with Odd's description of the US "barging" into every conflict. The US injects itself into the affairs of nations across the globe whether it is wanted or not. It does so for its own self interest and often in opposition to human rights and democracy.

Frankly, the US is rarely the good guy. It's not the story that US citizens tell themselves nor is it the story they want to hear.