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Self-interests are what drives all foreign policies, regardless of country. It's a competition/race, and America has been winning at it for the last century.
by powertower 13y ago
Self-interests are what drives all foreign policies, regardless of country.
It's a competition/race, and America has been winning at it for the last century.
The others' moral opposition and distaste with the USA is a product of them not finishing first in this race.
- figglesonrails 13y agoAbstractly, perhaps, but I think we can say that there are more concrete reasons why a nation may dislike the USA. I'm not arguing for or against the USA as a power here, just that this just seems too much of an oversimplification of the issue. This isn't a board game with scores and tokens. Mapping the complexities of nations over a 100 years into such an analogy just doesn't fit right in my head.
- deleted 13y ago[deleted]