Oh noes, the terrorist state that's couping other nation's presidents to install dictators that'll happily sell our their county to US interests in exchange of power does terrorist state things. Who could've seen that coming! Surely not the world the last hundred years.
this post was submitted on 08 Feb 2024
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It has become embarrassingly clear that US Republicans are not interested in honoring alliances, reassurances, and good relations.
The world best take note that dealings with the Republicans must be transactional. And until they have no reasonable chance of governing, so must any deal with the US be concluded within a 2 year frame. And any nation being cheated by a cancelled deal have only themselves to blame.
If they are not interested, why should we be? Sever all ties... works fairly well with Russia, so why not the USA? Let them have their splendid isolation.
Because so far, American money and military muscle is needed to stop Russia in Ukraine and deter it from further adventures in Europe.
Do you really trust them? I don't.
As long as we are not willing provide the money and muscle ourselves, I see no other alternative to trust them.
I agree with you except for this part:
And any nation being cheated by a cancelled deal have only themselves to blame.
It is still the US as a whole to blame. It is the US citizens who vote this party and it is the country that is failing its obligations.
A Republican president hasn't won the popular vote in 20 years.
Yet the Republicans are regularly voted to be a majority in the House and Senate.
Well, yes, that's how gerrymandering works...by giving outisize political power to a minority. I'm certainly not blaming the EU for the way a minority (like ~~Turkey~~ or Hungary) vote on things.
Turkey is not part of the EU.
The people of the US have the choice to not only elect their parliaments, but also the president. They also elect DAs and Sheriffs in many places. The people of the US have more democratic rights than most other people in countries considered democracies. This includes the ability to adress issues like gerrymandering and politically demanding to change them. But the people chose not to.
The people of the US are not victims of a system that they cannot possibly adress. Some marginalized groups are. But the majority of the American people are either in favor or indifferent to the current system. And if you are not sure about it, think about how bipartisan the resistance becomes, when marginalized groups are demanding a change to the system, like how the white democratic voters reacted to the civil rights movement or BLM.
The people of the US have the choice to not only elect their parliaments, but also the president. They also elect DAs and Sheriffs in many places. The people of the US have more democratic rights than most other people in countries considered democracies.
The fact that they're having more elections does not mean they have 'more democratic rights'.
I for example fail to see the point of the US mid-term elections. It doesn't make the US system more democratic, just more complex.
Ugh, crediting Reagan with the liberation of the Eastern Bloc like that is hugely disrespectful to the people from those countries who put themselves on the line to fight for freedom - including Solidarność in Poland itself. Reagan didn't have that much to do with it, especially his 'famous' speech which didn't really have much of an impact at all at the time.
It is a good talking point against Republicans though.
That's assuming Republicans have a moral compass or consistent ideological positions. That's not the case though. It's all just about what benefits them and their donors.