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Re:Russian oil sold to India at 30% above Western price cap,... by AYBABTME on Tuesday October 03, 2023 @01:13PM (#37754732)
This is a convincing take but in reality, when Trump threatened to pull out troops from many of those nations, these nations weren't excited the slightest about it.
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Re:Russian oil sold to India at 30% above Western price cap,... by dmpk2k on Tuesday October 03, 2023 @01:31PM (#37754974)
Yes, the leaders of those nations depend on US influence (and sometimes hard power) to remain in power.

I don’t want to oversimplify things, and yet: how did that come about?

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Re:Russian oil sold to India at 30% above Western price cap,... by reducesuffering on Tuesday October 03, 2023 @02:14PM (#37755546)
Poland is the biggest EU supporter of US military presence. You think Andrzej Duda is a patzy of US influence?
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Re:Russian oil sold to India at 30% above Western price cap,... by AYBABTME on Tuesday October 03, 2023 @02:47PM (#37755924)
That's a bit of a ridiculously cynical take. The majority of democratic US allies that harbor US bases have a population that supports the presence of the troops. And those in power there aren't so because of the US military power, they were elected.

For dysfunctional or undemocratic nations, it's different.

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