"Ignoramus8901" wrote in message
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We are in a very interesting new world. For example, countries can
defy the United States and the so called "world order" and get away
with it. This used to be impossible.

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Not really. The USA attempted to suppress aggression -between-
countries, especially when it was a proxy for superpower conflicts,
but did relatively little to affect their purely internal affairs,
Albania, Cuba, Syria, Libya and Egypt for example. Of course whether
or not a change in leadership might be sufficient cause for
intervention was a difficult judgement call.
https://www.britannica.com/event/Prague-Spring

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada...Cuba_relations

We didn't care one bit that Yugoslavia was Communist after they ceased
their low level conflict with Italy.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triest..._States_Troops

-jsw