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Ah, so it's not money laundering when we are the ones doing it.

• kyleee 5y ago
  That's not what was said... uncharitable response such as yours is unhelpful
  • throwaway472927 5y ago
    A longer way of saying the same thing might be: The 2nd argument is a benefit only to the US so not relevant to outsiders deciding whether they're "playing fair". Arguably this applies to the first as well, or at best only US allies. And the third... Again kind of self interest - one rule for your own citizens and another for everyone else's. IMO there are two ways to view this: the US acts in its own interests, everyone else does too, fine. It's only hypocritical if the US expects a higher standard from others, "rules based international order" etc, but seeks to exempt itself - edit: in which case the world just sticks with the previous view, which, hey, every other species does too.