• ImWaitingForRetcons@lemm.ee
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    5 months ago

    I have to admit, the US’s policies are probably destroying what little credibility it has in the Global South, showing that the so-called “rules based international order” is not worth the air it is spoken with…

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      5 months ago

      Oh we’re seeing all the bad will caused by the CIA throughout the 60s-80s and countless wars in my lifetime finally catch up with us. People in the Americas and Africa have learned what we did in their countries to keep murderous despots in power in the name of fighting communism and protecting business interests.

      All China and Russia had to do to get them to start flipping was a little money, and not even that in some cases.

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      5 months ago

      It does seem to be. The juxtaposition of Russia invading Ukraine and Israel invading Gaza is pretty stark.