Re:Zelensky leaves White House after angry meeting
by coffeemug on Friday February 28, 2025 @06:27PM
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It isn't about funding. It's about denigrating our allies and attacking the victim of aggression, while praising our adversaries and aggressors. Realpolitik is (correctly) in vogue as a correction to bad policies, but ideas and justice still matter.
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Re:Zelensky leaves White House after angry meeting
by pdpi on Friday February 28, 2025 @06:41PM
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> Realpolitik is (correctly) in vogue as a correction to bad policies, but ideas and justice still matter.
Realpolitik is, first and foremost, about (arguably ruthless) pragmatism. What's going on — the US antagonising all its allies and forging new alliances with unreliable partners —— is not pragmatic in the least.