Zelensky leaves White House after angry meeting

Re:Zelensky leaves White House after angry meeting by Swenrekcah on Friday February 28, 2025 @06:03PM (#43212933)

This is simply not the case. There US has very successfully used it’s military to enjoy the position of absolute top dog in the world, but a major part of why they could do that was that the US has made very strong allies in the whole rest of the western world who have never, until now, seen any reason to try to compete with the US in this regard.

A well placed network of foreign aid has also generated influence in other parts of the world.

The United States has now irrevocably destroyed this position.

There will be enough time for the Trump Family and Elon to make out like the bandits they are, but the US position long term is diminished.

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Re:Zelensky leaves White House after angry meeting by roenxi on Friday February 28, 2025 @11:26PM (#43215888)

Can any of those things be traced back to a specific positive outcome for anyone outside the US weapons industry? Like, say the US hadn't invaded Afghanistan back in '01 and the trillion dollars in budget had been put towards handing out how dinners for the poor instead - what would the negative part of that trade off have been?

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Re:Zelensky leaves White House after angry meeting by KPGv2 on Saturday March 01, 2025 @12:21AM (#43216239)

> Can any of those things be traced back to a specific positive outcome for anyone outside the US weapons industry

Yes, you have a ton of money to buy stuff that is much cheaper for you than for anyone else in the world because of the global reserve currency being in dollars, not to mention smooth trade guaranteed by the existence of the US navy.

Every thing you do is positively benefited by America's ability to project its military might across the globe.

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