I'll rattle some off:
Well, for one, a culmination of military prowess just to show the world what we're about again.
This also blatantly made it clear as to who our real allies are.
The ability to stifle growth throughout the world....unchallenged, this was mostly directed at China including the Venezuela affair.
A true unmasking of what NATO is...or isn't.
Developed new relationship with strong oil producing countries in the area (to replace the weak and slack "allies" of old).
Iran, who was prompted to show that entire region who and what they were about when threatened as they lashed out violently as we picked them apart as the world's leader of terror funding and training. Their military is toast and it was done handily without much resistance at all. Including their allies who just watched in seeming amazement (Russia and China).
World powers who were shocked at what we were doing. We've easily, almost too easily inserted our dominance and capabilities in the world and really, just a glimmer of it. Proving we will not be trifled with on any front. In any way.
Now, all this isn't speculation. This is all fact. If anybody doesn't want to see it as a win, IDGAF if they want to be some kind of ignorant pacifist at all and cry into their oatmeal.
Good 'nuff?
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Zambroski ·