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Re:Zelensky leaves White House after angry meeting by OKRainbowKid on Friday February 28, 2025 @05:34PM (#43212600)
And what will happen instead is the US losing their status as hegemon/leader of the "free" world / West, with all the benefits that entailed.
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Re:Zelensky leaves White House after angry meeting by Timber-6539 on Friday February 28, 2025 @05:50PM (#43212786)
Or maybe being the hegemon doesn't mean you have to instigate and bankroll wars in every corner of this earth.
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Re:Zelensky leaves White House after angry meeting by OKRainbowKid on Friday February 28, 2025 @06:20PM (#43213147)
Russia started this war. The US abandoning their closest allies against their historical main antagonist results in losing the status of hegemon, and the economic and geostrategic benefits that entailed.

Russia is winning the cold war, 35 years after it "ended".

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Re:Zelensky leaves White House after angry meeting by disgruntledphd2 on Saturday March 01, 2025 @06:38AM (#43218314)
You don't get to pick and choose between benefits and costs. Like, over the long term you can, but blowing up your alliances at a press conference is not a strategy for long term geopolitical success.

Great TV, though.

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