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[Templeton Peck]

If people were ever held to account for violating or ignoring the 'international rules based order' this sort of thing might not happen.

 

[leedswolf]

Chaos Is the Policy

Trump’s Venezuela strike, the erosion of trust, and the quiet reordering of global power

marygeddry.com

 

[Jack Regan]

"We have the greatest oil companies in the world, the biggest, the greatest, and we’re going to be very much involved in it.'

And the reason for US intervention becomes apparent. Putin basically looking around the rest of Eastern Europe now licking his lips.

 

[sycophantia]

US 'temporarily' running Venezuela. I'm guessing thats till Trump can install a pro US puppet govt.

 

[Dire Wolf]

Are the rest of the world just going to sit back and say/do nothing? Why are world leaders scared of the orange faced cunt?

 

[Mel Evo]

Just give it to Rex Tillerson. Who will already be delighted enough.

 

[sycophantia]

Are the rest of the world just going to sit back and say/do nothing? Why are world leaders scared of the orange faced cunt?

The rest of the Western world are fucked because they rely so much on American military might to keep them safe.

 

[EpsomWolf]

The rest of the Western world are fucked because they rely so much on American military might to keep them safe.

And the realisation they’re increasingly as weak as piss is hitting home too.

China and Russia are brazenly doing whatever the fuck they like and I guess Trump figures his country is best off doing the same.

Meanwhile anyone trying to live in a civilised democracy is drinking from a shrinking oasis.

What a mess.

 

[sycophantia]

And the realisation they’re increasingly as weak as piss is hitting home too.

China and Russia are brazenly doing whatever the fuck they like and I guess Trump figures his country is best off doing the same.

Meanwhile anyone trying to live in a civilised democracy is drinking from a shrinking oasis.

What a mess.

Europe seems to have started taking their defence more seriously of late, whether they can grow it enough, quickly enough remaind to be seen.

 

[EpsomWolf]

Europe seems to have started taking their defence more seriously of late, whether they can grow it enough, quickly enough remaind to be seen.

Yes, but I think that will only be sufficient to ensure any NATO country is protected from Russia. Anyone else is in shit street.

I don’t see any European/Nato force having any effectiveness beyond that, certainly not in stopping China and Russia getting on with whatever they want elsewhere, and now they’ve got to sit back impotently and watch the orange nutter doing whatever he likes with impunity too,

 

[EdgeOfTheAlps]

The rest of the Western world are fucked because they rely so much on American military might to keep them safe.

Worse than that, pit weapons wont work without them cunts

 

[BillyDee]

Trump has taken note of Zelenskyy saying there aren't any elections when the country is at war.

 

[EpsomWolf]

Well I think he’s of the mindset it’s only sovereign states and mafia states who will have any real power or the remotest possibility of controlling their own destinies so he might as well get on and fast track the USA down the same road to a competitive force and anyone not compliant ultimately becomes an enemy.

 

[Wellen Wolf]

And the realisation they’re increasingly as weak as piss is hitting home too.

China and Russia are brazenly doing whatever the fuck they like and I guess Trump figures his country is best off doing the same.

Meanwhile anyone trying to live in a civilised democracy is drinking from a shrinking oasis.

What a mess.

You'rre spot on about that shrinking oasis.
In my field there's a very attractive position come up in Taipei. I wasn't going to apply because of a number of factors including my awareness of the increasingly tense China-Taiwan situation.
After events in the last year across the world, I cannot for the life of me see any benefit in exchanging my cushy number in the Moselle Valley and Luxembourg for any project in any country at risk. That currently means nowhere in the Americas, Africa, Eastern Europe or Asia. This isn't the world we dreamed of and worked for.
And, what is more I ain't living in a UK governed by Farage. Having watched that dangerous idiot from abroad and having listened to the political idiots on the South Bank today, the state of this country worries me.

 

[leedswolf]

America Crossed the Rubicon in Caracas

From a false fentanyl narrative to an open promise of occupation, Trump just demolished the rules-based order, and dragged us somewhere dark.

marygeddry.com

 

[Lupo]

 

[leedswolf]

 

[leedswolf]

The Fog Machine Is Failing

Sealed Epstein files, vanished healthcare, imperial theatrics, and why polite protest is no longer enough

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