Which best describes the relationship between the afghan-soviet conflict of the 1980's and the us-iraq conflict that began in 2003

The idea of manifest destiny simply stated it was america's destiny to expand from the atlantic ocean to the pacific. the word "destiny" implies an idea that it was within our rights as a nation to expand. in a paragraph of 125+ words, explain what could be wrong with that idea.

31/3: which equation has the solutions x =?

Which major change took place in nigeria in 1999?