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This dollar
invasion
is making macroeconomic management in emerging countries even more challenging than usual.
Havel defied his misfortune by establishing himself during the 1960s as one of Europe's leading playwrights, only to become a pariah again after the Soviet-led
invasion
of Czechoslovakia crushed the "Prague Spring" reform movement in 1968.
Roughly three-quarters of them fled after the Soviet
invasion
in 1979, with smaller numbers escaping the rule of pro-Soviet president Najibullah or the subsequent 1992-1996 civil war between the various mujahideen parties and then the rule of the Taliban.
The US
invasion
and occupation of Iraq, for example, created a major opening for Al Qaeda, whose affiliates now represent the Sunni struggle against the Shia-dominated government.
His generation confronted the scourge of domestic terrorism and witnessed revolution in Iran, the Soviet
invasion
of Afghanistan, and the rise of Solidarity in Poland.
Apparently, fear of even more serious economic troubles – for example, further capital flight when taxes are raised – has precluded an open
invasion
of eastern Ukraine.
The
invasion
of Iraq, without compelling evidence of weapons of mass destruction, international legitimacy, or sufficient preparation for the responsibilities that would follow, is a stark reminder of the human and material cost of plunging into war.
The US may be cautious about overextending itself in the Middle East, but that reflects its experience with the costly
invasion
of Iraq and the general turmoil of the Arab Spring revolutions, rather than illusions that shale produces political “energy independence.”
In 1991, America forged the most formidable international coalition since World War II, and led it in a fully legitimate war aimed at restoring regional balance after Saddam Hussein’s
invasion
of Kuwait.
Underlying the opium trade issue is a security threat of another kind, one overlooked since the US-led
invasion
toppled the Taliban regime in 2001, despite the grave risk it poses to Afghanistan’s long-term stability, and that of the region.
The Pakhtuns, who constitute about half of Afghanistan’s population, believe that the US
invasion
meant a loss of power to their ethnic rivals, the Tajiks and Uzbeks.
A quarter-century later, President George H.W. Bush, considering how best to roll back Iraq’s
invasion
of Kuwait, drew an analogy with Vietnam, where the absence of an exit strategy had caused US forces to get bogged down.
Before the
invasion
of Iraq, they wanted America to go to the UN, and today they recognize that America alone cannot maintain order in the Middle East.
In turn, Russia invoked self-determination to support Abkhazia’s secession from Georgia in 2008, and its
invasion
and annexation of Crimea in 2014.
Consider the 2003 US-led
invasion
of Iraq, which was launched on the pretext that Saddam Hussein was hiding weapons of mass destruction.
After DictatorshipThe war in Iraq had barely begun when the minds of those who conceived the
invasion
turned to what should happen after the victory over Saddam Hussein's regime-a victory everyone assumed to be inevitable.
The last time Russia hosted the Olympics – the 1980 Summer Games in Moscow – the US and its allies staged a boycott in response to the Soviet
invasion
of Afghanistan.
America has spent roughly $800 billion in direct military outlays in Afghanistan, and indeed has been at war there almost non-stop since the CIA covertly intervened in 1979, helping to provoke the Soviet
invasion
of that country.
For example, in a summary of the 2004 study, they wrote, “Making conservative assumptions we think that about 100,000 excess deaths, or more, have happened since the 2003
invasion
of Iraq.”
The US
invasion
of Iraq, a country that was not connected to the 9/11 attacks, squandered that good will, and the attractiveness of the US in Muslim countries like Indonesia plummeted from 75% approval in 2000 to half that level today.
Moreover, some notable candidates, such as Senator Hillary Clinton, supported the
invasion
of Iraq, while the Democrats are more protectionist than the Republicans and are financially unpredictable.
More crucial for Iraq, the central government in Baghdad, led by Abadi, must overcome the sectarianism that has divided the country for decades, and that intensified in the aftermath of the United States-led
invasion
to oust Saddam Hussein.
Until the US-led invasion, Iran, alongside Syria’s Alawite regime, was the only country where Shia controlled the state.
Much of the Arab world understandably views the
invasion
of Iraq as the cornerstone of the real US strategy for securing stable energy supplies.
Although we cannot know how many lives would be lost and how much misery would be inflicted in an
invasion
of Iraq to oust Saddam's regime, the cost would unquestionably be great.
For example, in October, on the 60th anniversary of the start of the Korean War, Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping (the likely successor to President Hu Jintao) dubbed the conflict a glorious fight against a “US-initiated invasion.”
Many others would not like to see the Israeli army launch a ground
invasion
into Gaza.
Now Russia’s
invasion
of Georgia has shattered even the illusion of attraction.
Indeed, in the wake of the
invasion
of Georgia, China may be seriously rethinking its relations with Russia.
The US turned a blind eye to Turkey’s recent
invasion
and occupation of the Kurdish-held city of Afrin in northwest Syria, which led to the slaughter of more than 1,000 Kurds, including scores of civilians.
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