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> For me the canary in the coal mine event was Gulf War 1 when the US went around asking other countries to help pay for our war. On the contrary I would say G
by zapita 8y ago
> For me the canary in the coal mine event was Gulf War 1 when the US went around asking other countries to help pay for our war.
On the contrary I would say Gulf War 1 was the last example of the US empire operating as designed: a large coalition of westernized nations implicitly following the leadership in the US, in a network of institutions and alliances entirely built around the assumption of US supremacy.
IMO the second Gulf War was the first blow to the US-centric international system... and it was the US themselves who dealt that blow.
- sykhic 8y agoIt's one thing asking allies to help fight a war and quite another asking them to pay for it. Japan famously was asked to pay $10 billion. It was disconcerting to see this as an American. Allegedly the war was worth fighting for America but I guess not worth America paying for it. We were willing to spill our blood but not open our wallets.
- zapita 8y agoAh, I didn’t remember that part of it. Added to my research list, thank you.