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Why would the US support sanctions against a country that attacked its enemy? I'm not saying that "The enemy of my enemy is my friend" is always a good strateg
by dane-pgp 6y ago
Why would the US support sanctions against a country that attacked its enemy?
I'm not saying that "The enemy of my enemy is my friend" is always a good strategy, but you seem to be advocating for "The enemy of my enemy is my enemy", which makes less sense.
- FpUser 6y ago>"Why would the US support sanctions against a country that attacked its enemy" Of course it would not. And you can't really blame such behavior because every country does the same. Just do not be a hypocrite and cry a river when being hacked.
- dane-pgp 6y agoIt's not exactly hypocrisy to complain when someone attacks you and not complain when your enemy gets attacked. I suppose you could say that it's hypocrisy to complain about being attacked while also happily attacking other countries (which would be relevant if the US was responsible for this attack on Iran). In general though, people and countries like to believe that they are in the right, and that there is no justification for someone attacking them, whereas if they attack someone else it's because they deserved it or it was self-defence. I don't think we should condemn all self-defence as hypocritical, but perhaps a better argument for hypocrisy in this case is the fact that the US and Israel are both nuclear powers trying to prevent Iran from becoming one. Even that is an over-simplification, though.