France Recalls Its Ambassadors to the U.S. and Australia over a Submarine Deal

Re:France Recalls Its Ambassadors to the U.S. and Australia ... by markus_zhang on Friday September 17, 2021 @08:37PM (#28572458)

US is able to output harm while China doesn't have that ability.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:France Recalls Its Ambassadors to the U.S. and Australia ... by cedricgle on Friday September 17, 2021 @08:55PM (#28572592)

Seeing how the Afghanistan war ended I don't think so. The last time the USA properly won a war was when they nuked cities and civilians, whereas China and Russia never went this far. Now given that USA is definitely the more belligerent of the 3, it might happen again.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:France Recalls Its Ambassadors to the U.S. and Australia ... by jakeinspace on Saturday September 18, 2021 @02:33PM (#28578263)

Sure, but if the US command had for some reason been psychopathic enough, Afghanistan could have been leveled into a barren desert. Wars of occupation are messy and often inherently unwinnable. But the US can absolutely "output harm" anywhere on earth.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:France Recalls Its Ambassadors to the U.S. and Australia ... by throwawaylinux on Friday September 17, 2021 @09:35PM (#28572771)

Untrue, USA won the Gulf War.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:France Recalls Its Ambassadors to the U.S. and Australia ... by sam_lowry_ on Saturday September 18, 2021 @05:26AM (#28574836)

David against Goliath? IRL, Goliath wins.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:France Recalls Its Ambassadors to the U.S. and Australia ... by throwawaylinux on Saturday September 18, 2021 @06:37PM (#28579982)

Could you rephrase your question?

The parent was suggesting basically that the US is not a Goliath (in expeditionary war).

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:France Recalls Its Ambassadors to the U.S. and Australia ... by sam_lowry_ on Sunday September 19, 2021 @07:45AM (#28583572)

This was not a question but statement. IRL = In Real Life.

[ Parent | on HN ]