| I am American, but -- surprise, surprise! -- I care much more about global stability than I do domestic policies. (I've lived/worked many more years outside the US than in the US, on every continent, and have a first-hand understanding of the impact of US policies on the rest of the world.) But because the US still has the most influence (though waning) on the rest of the world than any other country, its domestic policies can either enhance or threaten global stability. And Trump has been absolutely disastrous -- from see-saw tariffs, to gutting USAID, to destabilizing US-Europe relations, to caving into pressure from Israel (cheered on by idiotic macho-boy Hesgeth) to attack Iran without any real plan (foolishly thinking Iran==Venezuela; do these people know nothing?). So the problem with global stability right now isn't Iran, which was a largely contained problem (despite its never-ending feud with Israel), but Trump. |
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| ▲ | lysace 2 days ago | parent [-] | | Lots of odd assumptions there. As an example: I was out on the streets protesting the 2003 GWB Iraq invasion war. It was mostly obvious before the invasion that the cause was bogus. It was later proven to be bogus. And you seem to have this way of boiling literally everything down to some sort of unspecified racism. | | |
| ▲ | someotherperson a day ago | parent [-] | | > Lots of odd assumptions there. No assumptions, it's all fact. > I was out on the streets protesting the 2003 GWB Iraq invasion war You mean the war that all the European countries participated in? How about Libya? Syria? or the various conflicts in Israel? Surely you also opposed what's happening in Yemen right? > And you seem to have this way of boiling literally everything down to some sort of unspecified racism Suggesting 'we are trustworthy to have nuclear capabilities, but those other people are not' is racist, yeah. Considering the most crackpot nations responsible for most of the global instability and suffering over the last few centuries are also the ones who seem to think they can decide who can and can't utilize energy sources. Let me know when you show similar concern about Israel. | | |
| ▲ | padjo a day ago | parent [-] | | > You mean the war that all the European countries participated in? That's just factually incorrect. Most European countries did not take part in the invasion of Iraq. The US famously renamed French fries in protest. | | |
| ▲ | someotherperson 19 hours ago | parent [-] | | The only ones that didn’t are France, Germany, Belgium, Luxembourg, and Greece. The rest all did. This cohort changed its mind with Libya and Syria not too long after though. > The US famously renamed French fries in protest. The same French who very famously made Israel the nuclear-capable pariah state that it is today. | | |
| ▲ | padjo 12 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | Oh come on, only Poland and the UK joined in the original invasion. The later post invasion involvement by some NATO members was also minimal, not to mention all the non NATO countries that had no involvement. Why make such absurdly fallacious and easily disproven statements? | | |
| ▲ | someotherperson 5 hours ago | parent [-] | | Italy, Spain, Denmark, The Netherlands, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia, Ukraine, Norway, Portugal. Which have I missed? Even Germany is a dumb one, really. The only reason why they didn't participate is because they legally weren't allowed to. What they did do, however, is deploy huge numbers to various US bases around the world so that the US can have a larger deployment. The only absurdity here is the idea that the European retconning is believable. | | |
| ▲ | padjo 3 hours ago | parent [-] | | Yes it is I who am doing the retconning not the person claiming that tiny contingents of mostly non combat troops sent to Iraq after Bush declared "mission accomplished" in an effort to help clean up Americas mess and with a UN mandate constitutes involvement in the war by all European countries. |
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| ▲ | lysace 13 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | That's also quite incorrect. You're missing a lot of countries, like Austria, Switzerland, Ireland, Sweden, Finland, etc. etc. |
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