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There are also real cons from this war, also for the U.S (such as - higher commodity prices, tighter alliance between Russia, Iran, China and North Korea and th
by weatherlite 3y ago
There are also real cons from this war, also for the U.S (such as - higher commodity prices, tighter alliance between Russia, Iran, China and North Korea and the possibility of severe world instability), let alone the devastation in Ukraine.
Just saying, calling this 'an investment' doesn't sound like good terminology to me, it makes it seem like everyone gains and this is a situation we need to make permanent.
- licebmi__at__ 3y agoIt is if your worldview is that everyone outside US is less worthy, which seems aligned with US foreign policy.
- weatherlite 3y agoThe war is pretty much terrible for humanity as a whole, as are most wars. Perhaps it wasn't clear from what I wrote before.
- jfengel 3y agoIt is indeed. It would be fantastic if the people who started the war decided to stop pursuing it. Meantime, "give up and let them win because war is bad" is not a tactic likely to gain a lot of adherents.