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Then we should stop allowing them using Rammstein as a Hub to meddle in Middle East and Africa.

No cherrypicking

[โ€“] cronenthal@discuss.tchncs.de 34 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago) (1 children)

Just for anyone who still holds out hope: NATO as we have known it is over. The US won't come to the defense of the other members if they are attacked. It's time to move on.

[โ€“] CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 24 points 22 hours ago

This was Putin's goal. Destabilize NATO. Crumbling US alliances is just the cherry on top.

We are losing long friends and close allies.

All because a plurality of voters want to feel powerful.

Even if it's for a brief moment.

[โ€“] DonAntonioMagino@feddit.nl 8 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

It seems ever less likely the US will participate in the NATO summit in The Hague. Too bad for Mark, though people living and working there will probably not mind.

[โ€“] ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 3 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago)

Pretty sure that if a US military person crosses the threshold of the Hague they catch on fire

[โ€“] Obi@sopuli.xyz 2 points 23 hours ago

Looking more and more likely to see US folks in the Hague for vastly different reasons in the future...

[โ€“] 79luca79@lemm.ee 7 points 1 day ago (2 children)

what even is their goal? just yet i refuse to believe there is none and that theyre just dumb, because theyre obviously not.

america first for every price? but would it not be better to trade with us and have us as allies versus china and russia? we would spend our money and work together so its all more efficient.

[โ€“] Mannimarco@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 1 day ago (5 children)

The voters are stupid, all they see is "america first fuck yeah!" They don't understand or care about the consequences

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[โ€“] cronenthal@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 23 hours ago

I strongly disagree. They are actually very dumb and there is no grand strategy at play here. While everyone tries to understand the sense behind the erratic decisions, there really is not much to understand at all. It's as simple as "we don't want to spend money on European defense anymore", so all activities related to that are stopped, without any regard to the consequences.

This works out well because its likely best we have no intel on it.