[PGR88]

The past 60 years the USA has had this strange history of enabling corrupt Muslim States, where the result also NEVER turns out as we hope or intend.

the reasons for such interventionas are always different, but the result is always the same.

[Little Ray]

It is worth keeping in mind that, at that time, India was practically a client state of the USSR despite their claims of being “non-aligned.” That’s why they still have piles of Soviet and Russian hardware.

And liberation worked out soooooo well for Bangladesh didn’t it?

[buccaneer81]

The past 60 years the USA has had this strange history of enabling corrupt Muslim States,

From 1945-1991, it was a single-minded mission: Anything to oppose the USSR. Since then, it's called "follow the money."

[Cowman]

The past 60 years the USA has had this strange history of enabling corrupt Muslim States, where the result also NEVER turns out as we hope or intend. the reasons for such interventionas are always different, but the result is always the same.

There is a story about Kissinger calling all of the department heads at State into his office. He had a globe on his desk and asked each one to point out his country. The guy that had the China desk pointed to China, The guy with the Yemen Desk pointed to Yemen. The same with all the other countries. Kissinger told them they were all wrong, pointed to the US and said "That is your country and you had better not forget it!"

[icwhatudo]

Other than events with Israel-Could someone list the battles/wars/events where the US was on the side of a majority non-muslim nation vs a muslim one? Not saying there weren’t any, just curious as to which ones they were.

[colorado tanker]

It was a cold war thing. The Sov’s and India were allies. The U.S. and Pakistan were allies. The groundwork was then being laid for Nixon's visit to China and China dropping out of the Soviet orbit. Muslim extremism and salafism were way in the future.

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

At the time India was firmly and squarely on the side of the USSR. India made a point of antagonizing the US whenever and however it could. The US sided with Pakistan as a bulwark against the Soviet influence, much the same as we sided with the Persians, to keep the Soviets out of the Middle East.