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huge risk to rely on any other country though, friends today may become enemies tomorrow. Have we already forgotten that US dropped atomic weapons on Japan yet
by hunglee2 4y ago
huge risk to rely on any other country though, friends today may become enemies tomorrow.
Have we already forgotten that US dropped atomic weapons on Japan yet are now fast allies or that US supported the Islamic fundamentalism in Afganistan before now becoming enemies. US + Saddam bosom buddies in the Iran vs Iraq war.
The sample size is not exactly small.
- tablespoon 4y ago> huge risk to rely on any other country though, friends today may become enemies tomorrow. Real life isn't some RTS game. If a flip like that happens, it won't happen very quickly. Also autarky isn't even possible for most countries, and is probably a weakness for most of those that could pull it off. > Have we already forgotten that US dropped atomic weapons on Japan yet are now fast allies... That's an example of an enemy becoming an ally, so not exactly relevant. > or that US supported the Islamic fundamentalism in Afganistan before now becoming enemies. US + Saddam bosom buddies in the Iran vs Iraq war. Those are allies of geopolitical necessity, not "ideologically-aligned natural allies." For the latter, I'm thinking of things like NATO (maybe sans a couple of members) and "the Anglosphere."
- hunglee2 4y agoEngland + settler colonies then? Fair enough if that is your view, but at least own it
- tablespoon 4y ago> England + settler colonies then? No, obviously not. I gave examples, and even one of those was broader than that. > Fair enough if that is your view, but at least own it Why would I "own" your straw man's view?