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Most Eastern European people I know have long associated the US with calamities such as the bombing of civilians in Belgrade.
by blell 9mo ago
Most Eastern European people I know have long associated the US with calamities such as the bombing of civilians in Belgrade.
- keiferski 9mo agoIn the former Yugoslavia maybe. But in the former USSR and Warsaw Pact countries, that isn’t even remotely true. The US was critical in supporting anti-USSR resistance, either directly with money or symbolically (“Tear down this wall”)
- tliltocatl 9mo agoThe image of the good guy USA had (at least in eastern Europe) has less to do with how they treated other countries and more with how they treated their own citizens.
- hmm37 9mo agoExactly it has more to do with which end of the stick you're on.
- tliltocatl 9mo agoOn the other hand, treating your citizens decently isn't that low of a bar. There are quite a few states out there where you can't have even that.