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I think the take-away from all of this is that the civilised world needs to take a stand against the US, and collectively go "you know what, shove your intellig
by madaxe_again 12y ago
I think the take-away from all of this is that the civilised world needs to take a stand against the US, and collectively go "you know what, shove your intelligence, and your 'friendship'".
Friendship from the the US is like that friend who comes by, puts his muddy boots on your desk, tells you to fix his computer, stubs a cigarette out on the carpet, and on his way out punches a neighbour for looking at him funny. Once in a while he'll turn up with some guy he beat up, and tell you that this is evidence of his benevolent protection... and you'd better keep on my good side, bro. You wouldn't like me when I'm mad.
This act alone, if done publicly and loudly, would quite likely decrease any variety of terroristic threat to cooperating nations, merely through the act of disassociation with the USA, thus making their threats utterly toothless.
As it is, however, through TTIP and TPP the world is further embroiling themselves in the affairs of this embattled state, and matters can only worsen.
- happyscrappy 12y agoEurope could elect politicians that cut ties with the US but they don't. As long as they don't the status quo will remain. Maybe they are too scared, who knows, they certainly complain a lot but that doesn't change anything.
- mike_hearn 12y agoDo any such politicians exist? Democracy is a very, very low resolution way of making decisions. Politicians virtually never run on a platform of foreign policy. It's always domestic issues. Once they get elected on domestic issues they then implement whatever foreign policy they personally feel like.
- sremani 12y agoEurope is heavily subsidized by American security blanket. You guys get more out of the friendship than you realize and those two bit caricature type squabbles, I will excuse it as European snobbery.
- eternalban 12y agoThe United States is an impediment to the projected unified world government. Rest assured influential Americans are very much on board with this program and this vilification is par per course. After all, we see more than the old glory hoisted up in foreign nations subjected to the "international community" dictates.
- Zigurd 12y ago> Europe is heavily subsidized by American security blanket. There are three countries in Europe that, by themselves, have a larger GDP than Russia. The Soviet Union and Red Army are gone. As bellicose as Putin is, he is militarily bogged down in Ukraine. Europe has no need of a US "security blanket."
- happyscrappy 12y agoEuropean attitudes like this are why they cannot be trusted with their own defense.
- coldtea 12y agoYeah, that quote shows much understanding of world politics, not to mention a non-fascist attitude...
- coldtea 12y agoPutin a threat to Europe? Americans make fun of Fox News, but concerning world affairs, their other sources of information, up to the New York Times, are not that better quality wise. This is the same BS cold-war narratives in order to justify pressure on Russia, as if Russia will attempt to take over Europe or something, which is laughable. At least in the cold war era USSR was indeed more powerful, and had control over Eastern Europe. The whole game is about replacing Russian leadership with some friendly Yeltsin like lackey figure, so foreign powers can pillage on Russian natural resources, contracts etc. They could not give a rats arse about "human rights" and the like, they just want to create the same devastation they created elsewhere already.
- balabaster 12y ago...more commonly referred to as protection or extortion rackets