The US itself is much more widely spread, having bases tentacled from continent to continent, with the Pentagon admitting to 514 but omitting mention of many countries, including Afghanistan, Syria and Somalia. . ..…
Contrast that with the bad military advice that went into planning the wars in Afghanistan, Iraq or Syria. Afghanistan was carpet bombed to get at a handful of people believed to be living in caves. ..…
This assumption seems more doubtful in light of evidence that today's prejudices can be traced to ideas sown long before the arrival of refugees from Syria and Afghanistan. . ..…
The first is to destroy its State structures, as it did Afghanistan, Iraq and Libya, and attempted to do Syria. ..…