Gsus4@mander.xyz to politics @lemmy.world · 1 month agoDonald Trump questions why US protects Japanwww.newsweek.comexternal-linkmessage-square55fedilinkarrow-up1246arrow-down16
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minus-squareelectric_nan@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up30arrow-down6·1 month 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-up23arrow-down5·edit-21 month 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-up4arrow-down10·1 month 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-up7arrow-down2·1 month 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-up6·1 month agoSo should we take bets on how long until they invade the Koreas again?
minus-squareILikeBoobies@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up7·1 month 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