“The U.S. kicked butt in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Yes, and Vietnam, resulting in the FINAL and complete loss of each of those as allies of America ... “
Those places’ loss of freedom was on them, not on us. Our army wasn’t stopped the way the your army was. The armies of those places lost after we left. Furthermore, the U.S. survived those loses. The U.S. didn’t fall apart the way the Soviet Union fell apart after losing in Afghanistan. Those wars were wars of choice for us, because we are very powerful and productive. The Soviet Union pretended to be a world power when it was hardly a regional power. The Soviet Union’s war in Afghanistan was an existential war for it because it was nowhere near as powerful or productive as we are. Putin has now bet the future of present-day Russia on winning in Ukraine. It’s either get out now, hope that North Korea will come to Russia’s rescue, or see Russia collapse.
“The Ukrainians are different [than the Afghans and the Arab-Iraqis] (and so are the Kurdish-Iraqis).
No, they are not.”
Clearly, Putin needs to hire better liars than you.
Clearly, Biden needs to hire better degenerates than you.