<anti-war demonstrators aimed their protest exclusively at the US.>
Syria will eventually come to grief in Lebanon, and withdraw the soldiers they sent to meddle there. Just as the Israelis did. Just as we did, in the 1950s, and again in the 1980s. Each optimistic meddler insists on learning the same lesson, and learning it the hard way. The only thing that can unite countries like Lebanon, is a foreign army on their soil. Syria hasn't assimilated the Lebanese, and probably never will. It's only a matter of time.
Yes, most of the antiwar protests around the world, are against the policy of the United States. That's because the U.S. has more soldiers in more foreign countries, and has engaged in more use of Force than anyone else, by a wide margin. Syria has soldiers in Lebanon, and where else? Nowhere. France plays games in its sub-Saharan African neo-colonies, and that's about it. They've been humbled by the Algerians and Vietnamese and Germans, so their soldiers only bully a few of the very weakest nations now. Of the 200 or so nations on earth, only a handful have significant armed forces beyond their own borders.
The U.S. is in a class by itself. Take a map of the world, and put a pin in it, everywhere U.S. soldiers are. Might need a couple boxes of pins. When you're done, the map is covered. Pins everywhere. And thats just the ones made public. So, yes, of course most anti-war protests are against the nation that makes the most war. |
