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Crimea was on their doorstep and Assad already had strong ties to the Russians.

The US Navy and marines are the 2nd largest Air Force in the world, the first been the US airforce.

Russia is clearly a regional power but it is not a superpower except in nuclear weapons but it would cease to exist shortly after using those.

I’ve no dog in the fight, I’m British but the US military is vast, it’s so mind bogglingly big that it’s just taken for granted at this point.

In tonnage of combatants the US navy is larger than the next 8 combined, 6 of who are allies.

It’s crazy how over gunned they are tbh and they spend less as a share of GDP than the Russians do.




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