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> By that point, he had alienated every single potential ally (including Iran) It's so funny that you can't see the parallels
by abletonlive 1y ago
> By that point, he had alienated every single potential ally (including Iran)
It's so funny that you can't see the parallels
- Cyph0n 1y agoIran has been escalating reasonably, and is clearly acting as a sovereign state should. You can project all you want, but Saddam was playing another ballgame. Unfortunately, international law means nothing these days, so it might have been a mistake to not establish deterrence sooner. Regardless, Iran is not going to be as easy to topple as some people might think.
- anigbrowl 1y agoYou should talk. How much of a coalition do you think the US can assemble right now, after alienating numerous allies over the last 6 months?
- abletonlive 1y agoEurope is now helping out in Ukraine a lot and buying thousands of Raytheon missiles to do so. Come back to reality friend, nobody is alienated.
- anigbrowl 1y agoI'm not he one adrift from reality. Europe has always been helping out a lot, more than the US, because Ukraine has been politically aligned with the EU for well over a decade. It's the US that has been scaling back its involvement.