Quote Originally Posted by Adam Strange View Post
In the case of Iraq, the US invaded a country in order to preserve dollar-denominated oil (which happens to be the primary source of your and my wealth, but preserving it came at the expense of a seriously degraded lifestyle for many Iraqis), while in the case of Ukraine, the US is helping a country defend against an invader bent on stealing their land, wealth, and heritage.

Seems like an improvement to me.
It may seem like an improvement, but it really isn't... to those calling the shots the ethics of it are nothing but incidental. When the Libyan government made a move to establish their own gold-backed currency the very same people in power now - along with Nato - toppled the Libyan government in short order in an allied assault, then filmed Gaddafi being raped in the ass with a bayonet and posted the video online for the world to see. The same people also funded the proxy war in Syria which led to the deaths of hundreds of thousands and displacement of millions, the geopolitical motives behind that war were similar to what's motivating the war in Ukraine now - but we were the aggressors then, we funded & armed the uprising. Only real difference here is this is a European nation and we have better prospects aligning them with us then if we decimated their country.