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The US walks alone now. Vulnerable and weak.
by topherpalmtree 2y ago
The US walks alone now. Vulnerable and weak.
- bilbo0s 2y agoAlone? Maybe. Vulnerable and weak? Um, anyone who believes this is just not engaging in dispassionate analysis of the situation. We are a lot of not so good things. Weak is not one of them.
- topherpalmtree 2y agoAny nation alone in a world of nations with strong alliances is weak.
- throwawayq3423 2y agoExactly. Right wingers fundamentally misunderstand the source of American power. China might have a bigger navy that the US, very soon. Russia has more nukes. But those countries don't have voluntary military alliances. The US had (past tense) the largest and most effective set of voluntary military alliances in the world, and that was the heart of American power that Donald Trump is dismantling. The why is an interesting question. I personally don't believe it's all ideology and idiocy. There has to be a level of compromise.
- buzzerbetrayed 2y agoThe US isn’t alone though. Again, dispassionate analysis.
- locallost 2y agoIt is increasingly alone, by its own choice.