Zelensky leaves White House after angry meeting

Re:Zelensky leaves White House after angry meeting by ajross on Friday February 28, 2025 @03:25PM (#43210040)

> As a European, I will vote against any politician that keeps talking about EU-US special partnership and doesn't put 'EU First'.

Isn't that exactly the logic behind Trumpism though? "Our partners suck, we need to put our own interests first" is how you get isolation and trade wars. And sometimes real wars.

I mean, maybe that's where things are going. But "as a European" you should at least recognize that's the policy you're arguing for.

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Re:Zelensky leaves White House after angry meeting by TheAlchemist on Friday February 28, 2025 @03:34PM (#43210193)

bad choice of words from me indeed. What I wanted to say is that a lot of people, especially in the Eastern Europe look at the US as a rock solid partner - even more solid than EU. That dates back to WWII.

Its time to change that perception.

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Re:Zelensky leaves White House after angry meeting by spinlock_ on Friday February 28, 2025 @03:43PM (#43210386)

Imho still better than relying on a bully.

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Re:Zelensky leaves White House after angry meeting by anigbrowl on Friday February 28, 2025 @07:40PM (#43214098)

Don't fall for this argument, it just keeps ratcheting things in the bully's favor. Game theory offers abundant demonstrations of the fact that cooperation is the best default, but cooperation with a serial defector is a losing strategy. At some point they need to experience suffering in response to aggression.

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