{"id":18028,"date":"2022-02-28T20:37:39","date_gmt":"2022-03-01T01:37:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/?p=18028"},"modified":"2022-03-01T16:19:44","modified_gmt":"2022-03-01T21:19:44","slug":"whats-the-difference-between-americans-invasion-of-syria-and-russias-attack-of-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/2022\/02\/28\/whats-the-difference-between-americans-invasion-of-syria-and-russias-attack-of-ukraine\/","title":{"rendered":"What&#8217;s the difference between American&#8217;s Invasion of Syria and Russia&#8217;s attack of Ukraine?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_7728-min-scaled-e1646098633494.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"979\" src=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_7728-min-scaled-e1646098633494-1024x979.jpg\" alt=\"What's the difference between American's Invasion of Syria and Russia's attack of Ukraine?\" class=\"wp-image-18024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_7728-min-scaled-e1646098633494-1024x979.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_7728-min-scaled-e1646098633494-300x287.jpg 300w, https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_7728-min-scaled-e1646098633494-768x734.jpg 768w, https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_7728-min-scaled-e1646098633494.jpg 1184w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>What&#8217;s the difference between American&#8217;s Invasion of Syria and Russia&#8217;s attack of Ukraine?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The differences (pace &amp; path of escalation, context, strategic goals, etc.) outnumber the similarities. The only similarity, really, is the asymmetry of power. You might find Iraq a closer parallel. If you&#8217;re looking for a moral\/ethical comparison, well, those analysis fill books and can&#8217;t be summarized on a post-it. Here are some books about Ukraine in the last decade to get started: <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/ukraine-2014\" target=\"_blank\">bit.ly\/ukraine-2014<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The differences (pace &amp; path of escalation, context, strategic goals, etc.) outnumber the similarities. The only similarity, really, is the asymmetry of power. You might find Iraq a closer parallel. If you&#8217;re looking for a moral\/ethical comparison, well, those analysis fill books and can&#8217;t be summarized on a post-it. Here are some books about Ukraine &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/2022\/02\/28\/whats-the-difference-between-americans-invasion-of-syria-and-russias-attack-of-ukraine\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;What&#8217;s the difference between American&#8217;s Invasion of Syria and Russia&#8217;s attack of Ukraine?&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18028","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18028","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18028"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18028\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18037,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18028\/revisions\/18037"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18028"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18028"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18028"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}