Originally Posted by
Heathrow Harry
What always amazes me is history shows that Great Powers trying to influence local wars has little effect locally in the long run and even less in the Blance of Pwer worldwide
I don't think the USSR's efforts in Angola, Afghanistan Cuba etc or the US in Chile, Lebanon etc etc and both sides involvement in Syria and Vietnam have done anything to improve their security
Some truth there, but folks in the former Yugoslavia, Kuwait, Malaya, Israel etc. may disagree. Your mileage may vary.