Remember when our government said Korea was crucial to our freedom in the USA. How'd that work out?

Remember when our government said Vietnam was crucial to our freedom in the USA. How'd that work out?

Remember when our government said Afghanistan was crucial to our freedom in the USA. How'd that work out?

Remember when our government said Libya was crucial to our freedom in the USA. How'd that work out?

Remember when our government said Iraq was crucial to our freedom in the USA. How'd that work out?

Remember when our government said Ukraine/Russia was crucial to our freedom in the USA ... (rinse and repeat)