Biden can't even warmonger properly lmao. Looks like Zelensky and Ukraine could be turning away from US and opening up some diplomatic channels with Russia.

US tried so hard to make this into a war but everyone seems to be getting sick of their sundowning ramblings.

  • NaturalsNotInIt [any]
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    3 years ago

    Is it American exceptionalism that makes them unable to realistically analyse the world

    Yes, US foreign policy has always relied on America's exceptional position in the world. Namely, having access to so much material wealth in its own little corner of the world has allowed for decades of winging it and just "doing us" to work out no matter what As a famous joke goes:

    “A serious problem in planning against American doctrine is that the Americans do not read their manuals, nor do they feel any obligation to follow their doctrine.”

    The end of the Cold War made the American ruling class even more obstitnant and uncooperative with the rest of the world. The attitude towards Russia is emblematic of that. America won, the Yeltsin government of chaos backed by Clinton was supposed to be done-zo for those nasty Asiatic Russians (they're natural Authoritarians old bean, we learned that from our UK allies!)

    Now that the US is no longer exceptional, the classic playbook of "the US gets what it wants" is being exposed for the sham it is.