WebsterMark wrote on 12/29/23 at 04:27:54:With the two aircraft carriers near Israel, America hopes to save what can be saved. Please note that the ships are there for political reasons.
By definition, the military is political.
Israel is a functioning, prosperous society governed by the consent of the people which makes it a rarity in that part of the world. I have no issues with a certain level of military action against Middle East regimes.
I do have an issue with direct military action against China over Taiwan. If the two biggest kids on the block are going to fight over something, I’d rather it not be over Taiwan. We can build our own microchips.
The EU gets their computer hardware from Taiwan, how come they aren’t sending their fleet? Why is it always us?
I wonder why it's always you guys.
We make the best and most advanced chip making machines in the world. We have been given an export ban to China by you, under penalty of economic sanctions.
So don’t obey. Sell your machines to the Chinese. Just don’t cry about the consequences.Why aren't we there? We did not want to take over Ukraine through the so-called elimination of corruption in Ukraine. We wanted to maintain the balance we had with Putin.
It is Europe that runs all the risk of escalation here, not America.
The war in Ukraine was forced upon us by you.
Then do something about it. By maintaining the balance you mean accept whatever the big guys force on you.We have been against the oppression and slaughter of the Palestinians for many years.
[color=#ff0000]You’ve been against imagined oppression and slaughter of Palestinians as long as you imagine it is from Israel. When any other entity actually does slaughter Palestinians to keep them in their place, you don’t care because you want to “maintain “ the balance.[/color]
Most people in Europe see Amirika as an extremely warlike country whose sole motivation is to protect the petrol dollar and the associated highly profitable arms industry.
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know a lot of Europeans and have not heard that but without our “warlike country”, you could be wiped out in a couple of weeks.And I haven't even mentioned the disruptive effect of refugees entering Europe en masse as a result of the conflicts you are causing all over the world.
They’re entering because, like the Biden Administration, you’re foolish enough to let them.And we see your NGOs as a serious threat to our democracy or what is left of it. And we see the culture of your mega-large companies bringing very undesirable changes to important social structures in our country.
I’m not aware of the specifics but I’d be surprised if anyone cared that much about what’s going on in The Netherlands.Your ambassador here, intervenes when we introduce laws that go against American interests. For example, we are not allowed to downsize our airport, which causes enormous inconvenience throughout the country, and we have recently been obliged to purchase liquid gas from you, with all the billions in costs for the associated infrastructure.
We don't even experience that much pressure from China.
Again, man up and say no.However, you think that we still embrace you as our savior.
That’s because no one else would come to your aid.Not that we weren't grateful to you for that. To this day, the burial sites of fallen American soldiers are kept in tip-top condition, with flowers and all.
We are also very realistic in that regard.
And we appreciate that.But what has come from America in recent decades and also what you are doing on the world stage is not appreciated here in Europe. And then I express myself mildly.