Has the U.S. reached peak hypocrisy on geopolitics? (weapons, military, vote)
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Other countries aren't doing this stuff. I think of the places where many of my friends have come from... Philippines, India, Mexico, Canada, Poland... These places aren't doing this kind of crap. They have not the means nor the desire. The world basically has been letting the USA be the world police man ever since WW2 ended. And sometimes, we play the role of the dirty cop. That doesn't mean there aren't criminals who deserve a good smack in the mouth, or boot to the face. But that's not what a police man's job is. There is a code of conduct that police are required to abide by, and if they get caught breaking those rules, there is discipline and possible removal from duty.
It was more complicated than that. It was not just being a dirty cop or smacking bad guys around. Our military and agencies were not going rogue it was following orders. We did a lot of regime change. And most of it turned out far worse than if we just stayed out of the situation.
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Originally Posted by andywire
In the most basic terms, the USA can no longer afford the privilege of sloppy geopolitical meddling. But we have a president who has the mental capacity of a potato, and the impulse control/anger management skills of a poorly disciplined and well spoiled child. So it's something of a delicate and precarious situation we find ourselves in.
I agree its time for us stop meddling all over the world. But that leaves a vacuum. Putin understands we are a nation that is tired of war and conflict. So he is not going to have any resistance from us and NATO is inept so they won't do anything. Same with China and Taiwan. We have to be fine in whatever might happen with us standing down.
When you create a world wide co dependent economic society (economic globalism)... your getting into bed with many morally depraved, economic abusers. One day you notice a rash, then an infection. The doctor says you made a bad choice and the medicine to make you 'better', is gonna be unpleasant. Bend over.
Is he weak? Or is he a war monger? You guys can't seem to make up your mind.
Biden got 5 student deferrals on the Vietnam war than supported the Iraq war and all the other non-sense between. However, the only people Biden seems to intimidate are young women that he can't seem to keep his lips and hand off of.
The purpose of NATO was to stop the spread of Communism. Since the Soviet Union collapsed, what is it's purpose now other than to continually expand closer and closer to the Russian border?
The purpose of NATO was to stop the spread of Communism. Since the Soviet Union collapsed, what is it's purpose now other than to continually expand closer and closer to the Russian border?
We’ve done all the worse, evil, bad things just like every other country. Coups, invasions, war crimes, enslavement, interment camps, annexation, colonizing, segregation, etc.
At the end of the day, Ukraine is not a NATO member. The entire NATO alliance is flawed, and Putin is exploiting it now. Maybe next year he invades Finland and Sweden, because hey, they’re not NATO!
If he takes over Ukraine, it's largely because he feels it is part of Russia, not just to exploit the NATO alliance. Trump wanted to cause friction in the NATO alliance, and it dovetailed with Putin's plans.
Putin won't invade Finland or Sweden - the countries weren't part of USSR and they don't even speak Russian there, but he would cause instability at their borders, like how China does with all the countries it neighbors like India. He'd likely try to stir instability with their democracies as well.
The West wants to keep Ukraine as a buffer between the EU and Russia.
Holy cow... what a misguided thread. This puppy belongs on some icy plain in Antarctica, it is so far out there. Or maybe another planet. How about Europa (moon of Jupiter)?
If he takes over Ukraine, it's largely because he feels it is part of Russia, not just to exploit the NATO alliance. Trump wanted to cause friction in the NATO alliance, and it dovetailed with Putin's plans.
Putin won't invade Finland or Sweden - the countries weren't part of USSR and they don't even speak Russian there, but he would cause instability at their borders, like how China does with all the countries it neighbors like India. He'd likely try to stir instability with their democracies as well.
The West wants to keep Ukraine as a buffer between the EU and Russia.
Trump wanted the Europeans to take the lead and quit relying on the US to finance their defense. We were paying 71% of all related/material/equipment costs. It's a good thing he did! The Germans climbed right into bed with the ruskies... like political whores.
Russia has already invaded Finland in the past... didn't turn out so well . The Swedes are no fools when it comes to the ruskies, their military readiness is on par or greater than NATO's.
China is the 'financier' of all this crap and if the west cared anything about a corrupt Ukraine as you say... they would have come to their aid. Germany sent 'blankets'.
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