Gsus4@mander.xyz to politics @lemmy.world · 3 days agoDonald Trump questions why US protects Japanwww.newsweek.comexternal-linkmessage-square55fedilinkarrow-up1243
arrow-up1243external-linkDonald Trump questions why US protects Japanwww.newsweek.comGsus4@mander.xyz to politics @lemmy.world · 3 days agomessage-square55fedilink
minus-squareelectric_nan@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up30·2 days agoIt’s not about “protecting Japan”, it’s about maintaining hegemony. US bases around the world are about projecting and maintaining US power. There’s plenty to fight Trump on, but if he wants to dismantle the US empire, let him do it.
minus-squareGsus4@mander.xyzOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up23·edit-22 days agoTrue. But how are you guys at .ml going to live in a post-american world without having the US lightning pole to blame for everything? 😜
minus-squareelectric_nan@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 days agoIt isn’t as if I ordered the world this way. If you can name another country that is a greater threat to the world, I’d be surprised.
minus-squareP1k1e@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·2 days agoOh no no no, don’t forget what these islands are capable of. We’ve been protecting the WORLD from japan
minus-squareomega_x3@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·2 days agoSo should we take bets on how long until they invade the Koreas again?
minus-squareILikeBoobies@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up7·2 days agoOnce they feel comfortable invading China Source: All of history
It’s not about “protecting Japan”, it’s about maintaining hegemony. US bases around the world are about projecting and maintaining US power. There’s plenty to fight Trump on, but if he wants to dismantle the US empire, let him do it.
True. But how are you guys at .ml going to live in a post-american world without having the US lightning pole to blame for everything? 😜
It isn’t as if I ordered the world this way. If you can name another country that is a greater threat to the world, I’d be surprised.
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Oh no no no, don’t forget what these islands are capable of. We’ve been protecting the WORLD from japan
So should we take bets on how long until they invade the Koreas again?
Once they feel comfortable invading China
Source: All of history