Maybe you were opposed to our involvement in the Balkans, but involved we got anyway.
We bombed Libya in 2011 until we got our regime change and turned Libya into a failed state sprouting slave markets. It was a lot more than “a few cruise missiles”. As for “boots on the ground”, no there weren’t massed formations, but it’s an open secret British SAS led the rebel forces taking Tripoli. And of course there were some of our guys, too.
Syria was aimed at regime change. How did you miss that? We thought our pet terrorists would just do our bidding and overthrow Assad, but they turned into ISIS and other loathsome scary monsters. So it became terrorist hunting. And so it goes on ...
As for Ukraine, it started in earnest back in 2014, when we backed and financed a violent overthrow of its legitimately-elected government and installed our handpicked leaders. Look how that turned out. So-called “soft power” can result in bloodshed, too.
“As for Ukraine, it started in earnest back in 2014, when we backed and financed a violent overthrow of its legitimately-elected government and installed our handpicked leaders. Look how that turned out.”
Nice try. It started in 2014 when Russia invaded Ukraine and illegally annexed Crimea and fostered a civil war.