This shit might dangerously soon be enough for Putin to just say "yolo". Also, insane how the entire world is quickly responding to Russia, while noone gave a shit about the US killing literally millions of people. Or the Saudis killing more innocent people right this moment than Russia is. And they will be allowed to continue to do so. It looks like the US hegemony is getting only stronger, not weaker, no matter what it does.

  • RabidAttackDog [comrade/them]
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    3 years ago

    It looks like the US hegemony is getting only stronger, not weaker, no matter what it does.

    This is not the behavior of a confident and well run empire.

    • Bluegrass_Buddhist [none/use name]
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      3 years ago

      NATO suddenly has a reason to exist again, there's a new market for the US' multi-trillion dollar war budget, and a chastened EU has come running back to Uncle Sam like the prodigal son. We may be Frankenstein's monster, but we just got a heart transplant and a steroid injection.

      • RabidAttackDog [comrade/them]
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        3 years ago

        We’ll see. The war budget was going to keep going up anyway. It’s in the US interest to find easy targets for its imperialism. A nation with nuclear weapons run by a guy that is trigger happy and already has a grudge against you is not a good mark.

        EU closeness I’m split about. Germany desperately needs Russian gas for its power grid.

      • read_freire [they/them]
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        3 years ago

        a chastened EU has come running back to Uncle Sam like the prodigal son

        remains to be seen. NATO was already at the breaking point and importing natural gas across the atlantic for 2x the price during an energy crisis isn't going to help

      • Boflexgym [none/use name]
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        3 years ago

        The looming confrontation with Poland and the Visegrad group is now going to be swept away, so this will strengthen the EU.