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If you chose not to decide, you still have made a choice… (media.piefed.ca)
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[+] -19 points 6 days ago (2 children)

One side destroyed relationship with strongest allies for nothing while other side didn't.

The US has never had a single ally, maybe except Israel. Only vassals.

If you think this is the first administration to abuse and antagonize countries it usually works with, you have not been paying any attention to what has been happening for the last 250 years.

The US is singlehandedly responsible for the EU still not being more closely united, as it always had and used its de facto veto over anything.

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  • [–] 5 points 6 days ago (1 child)

    The US has never had a single ally, maybe except Israel. Only vassals.

    Okay, I’ll bite.

    In what ways has Australia been, and does Australia continue to be, a vassal of the USA? From our perspective, the USA has always been an ally for a long time (both militarily and economically), but the G.W. Bush and Trump presidencies, as well as the shambles of the AUKUS deal, have tested the resolve of the Australian public.

    Generally speaking, Australian politicians - including governments - have never acted towards the USA as being a governing force over our vassal-like nature, nor outside the realms of an ally, so I’m wondering where your supposition comes from in our context.

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