Understood.
Note I’m not saying I agree or disagree with the imperialist label - simply saying others have and do and made the same arguments against the US as we are seeing against China now. Also not saying that the positions against China are not valid - simply saying that if history is an indication, that it is just posturing and nothing will come of it.
The Kurds want a country and independence. The region they have historical lived in falls partially in Turkey, partially in Iraq, partially in Syria and partially in Iran. So when they aren’t being killed off in one, they are being killed off in another. The Christian version of Palestinians, kind of, sort of … Again, historically, people have ‘supported’ them only when it is a criticism of one political position or another. And again, historically, the support wanes after 15 minutes when another headline hits. So yea, I’m afraid you are right and they are once again being used as a proxy. Seems to be their fate.
ummm… China’s economy is artificially strong because they aren’t limited by the government controls placed on others… The converse of that would be that other country’s economies are artificially weakened by poor trade agreements… There is a very unpopular person that keeps saying that and getting criticized for it. 