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Re:US asks allies to drop Huawei by apexalpha on Friday November 23, 2018 @07:44AM (#18516058)
Look there is absolutely no debate that the US post-WW2 has been a force for good _in Europe_. They helped us rebuild, overcome communism and reunite under EU flag. Every single European owes a lot to the effort Americans put in to support us. And yes, I know they also did that because it helps them but you can't deny they've basically kickstarted every country that is now in the OECD. That generation of Americans will go down in history as some of the most influential humans ever. On par with Napoleon spreading the metric system and trade, the UK spreading the industrial revolution etc...

But they are also, really, unpredictable lately. George W. Bush was reelected after(!) starting 2 wars. Donald Trump is...well... unpredictable. And I have yet to see him be ousted in 2020. Let alone what the next Donald Trump looks like.

Imagine if someone came along with the same ideas who actually knows how to get stuff done in Washington.

It's just better to be self-sufficient in anything relating to critical infrastructure. As the Americans themselves say: hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

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Re:US asks allies to drop Huawei by kazagistar on Friday November 23, 2018 @11:27AM (#18517364)
> Every single European owes a lot

Only if you belive in reparations, that children and those who had no say are somehow bound by their country and ancestors.

And don't count eastern Europe.

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Re:US asks allies to drop Huawei by sgt101 on Friday November 23, 2018 @03:46PM (#18518822)
Ok - there's owes money, and there's owes gratitude.

I owe gratitude for the American soldiers who fought the Nazis - because if they hadn't done that I would live in a very different world. Probably I would not exist. So I am grateful to those people.

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Re:US asks allies to drop Huawei by balibebas on Friday November 23, 2018 @07:51AM (#18516092)
To wit, getting stuff done doesn't entail signing executive orders in a true democracy.
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Re:US asks allies to drop Huawei by wolco on Friday November 23, 2018 @11:11AM (#18517231)
Being reelected during the time of war almost always happens. Bush's victory was predicted.

Trump seems like a wildcard but his actions are predictable.

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