Yes they are. The recents events like roe Wade being overturned and the recession is setting the country back
This was a joint invasion by British and American forces into French North Africa during World War II November 8, 1942.
This was in hopes to improve naval control for the Allies in that area by the Mediterranean Sea.
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The Silk Road essentially came into being from the 1st century BCE, following these efforts by China to consolidate a road to the Western world and India, both through direct settlements in the area of the Tarim Basin and diplomatic relations with the countries of the Dayuan, Parthians and Bactrians further west.
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