3 ms·

Well, I live in (South) Eastern Europe. The whole region is awash with puppet political elites and western backed/owned media. The result of that propaganda (wh

Well, I live in (South) Eastern Europe. The whole region is awash with puppet political elites and western backed/owned media. The result of that propaganda (which doesn't negate the existence of Russian propaganda or the bad experiences of ex-soviet block countries) in the wake of a victory in the cold-war is a very big reason for the current situation. Regarding wars and interventions, I'm not just talking about Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Syria, (ex)Yugoslavia and Latin America. I'm also talking about the aggressive stance the US is taking in the south China sea as we speak. I'm also thinking about it's operations in Africa. If the US has a right to a global military presence, then others have too. Or is American exceptionalism real?

ckozlowski 11y ago
So aggressive in fact, that Vietnam is courting the U.S. and the Philippines is opening Subic Bay to the U.S. Navy again. "Yankee Go Home" indeed.
- 3princip 11y ago
  Yes, as a result of worsening relations with neighboring China. The US is aggressively pivoting to the Pacific and it's aimed at China. Which was my initial point.
leaveyou 11y ago
You must be Serbian :) (I'm Romanian). It's impossible to be neutral in Central or Eastern Europe. You can't trust the West because of the war with NATO; we can't trust Russia because of Moldova/Transnistria conflict and the feeling that Putin would love to spread us in Siberia like his idol(Stalin of course) did with other inconveniently placed nations (including some unlucky Moldovans). I really hope NATO and Russia will not use Romania and Serbia against each other. There is zero support now in Romania (and in Serbia too I guess) for a conflict like that but hey, speaking of the omnipresent propaganda, anything is possible right ?.
- 3princip 11y ago
  :) I think there is zero chance for any conflict with Romania in general (or NATO since we're surrounded now and that would be a short happening).
  - deleted 11y ago
    [deleted]

ckozlowski 11y ago

So aggressive in fact, that Vietnam is courting the U.S. and the Philippines is opening Subic Bay to the U.S. Navy again. "Yankee Go Home" indeed.

3princip 11y ago
Yes, as a result of worsening relations with neighboring China. The US is aggressively pivoting to the Pacific and it's aimed at China. Which was my initial point.

leaveyou 11y ago

You must be Serbian :) (I'm Romanian). It's impossible to be neutral in Central or Eastern Europe. You can't trust the West because of the war with NATO; we can't trust Russia because of Moldova/Transnistria conflict and the feeling that Putin would love to spread us in Siberia like his idol(Stalin of course) did with other inconveniently placed nations (including some unlucky Moldovans). I really hope NATO and Russia will not use Romania and Serbia against each other. There is zero support now in Romania (and in Serbia too I guess) for a conflict like that but hey, speaking of the omnipresent propaganda, anything is possible right ?.

3princip 11y ago
:) I think there is zero chance for any conflict with Romania in general (or NATO since we're surrounded now and that would be a short happening).
- deleted 11y ago
  [deleted]