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"America has no permanent friends or enemies, only interests" - Henry Kissinger. And also... “To be an enemy of America can be dangerous, but to be a friend is
by D_Alex 3y ago
"America has no permanent friends or enemies, only interests" - Henry Kissinger.
And also... “To be an enemy of America can be dangerous, but to be a friend is fatal.”
- JumpCrisscross 3y ago> "America has no permanent friends or enemies, only interests" - Henry Kissinger Nobody has permanent friends or alliances. The point is we, a maritime power, tend to be mutually supportive in our alliances in a way land powers are not. (We prefer them to have strong economies and militaries, for instance, and are generally okay, if not thrilled, when they compete with us.)
- nmylc 3y agoI would say that Britain (maritime power) has been playing off European continental countries against each other, certainly up to WWI. The U.S. still does this. Now the Eastern European countries are used as a wedge against the Western ones. Pipelines are blown up, which is not supportive.
- cpursley 3y agoThe US puts major preconditions on other countries. And are very inconsistent on how they apply/enforce them. Contrast to all the newly formed (and preexisting but growing) non-western alliances and trade agreements.
- cpursley 3y agoAnd the weaponization of the dollar really spooked a whole lotta other countries and just added fuel to the fire of them looking into alternative non-dependent systems (trading in non-usd, swift alternatives, etc). At this rate, we’re going to isolate ourselves (Europe is already feeling significant pain). The West is only around a billion people out of what, 8 billion?
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- yvan-eht-nioj 3y agoI would posit that public pressure on politicians to support an ally in trouble does indeed constitute a form of 'friendship', if that pressure is enough to provoke action.