FuckyWucky [none/use name]@hexbear.net to news@hexbear.netEnglish · 5 months agoIn Ukraine, US call to lower conscription age to 18 met with horrorwww.aljazeera.comexternal-linkmessage-square41fedilinkarrow-up1137arrow-down11cross-posted to: world@lemmy.world
arrow-up1136arrow-down1external-linkIn Ukraine, US call to lower conscription age to 18 met with horrorwww.aljazeera.comFuckyWucky [none/use name]@hexbear.net to news@hexbear.netEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square41fedilinkcross-posted to: world@lemmy.world
minus-squareDirt_Owl [comrade/them, they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up67·5 months agoThe US is going to alienate every ally it has. At this point the only thing holding the West allyship together is shared racism against brown people, will it be enough?
minus-squareEvilsandwichman [none/use name]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up65·5 months ago will it be enough? Europe is a garden and the rest of the world is a jungle, and the garden must make sure the jungle does not encroach on the garden -Josep Borrell, EU foreign policy chief It’s not a matter of ‘is racism against brown people enough’, it’s a matter of when do they come back down to planet earth.
minus-squareRed_Renewal_Cosmonaut [she/her, comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up37·5 months agowho cares how alienated they are if they follow every beck and call, if they kneel to every wave of their hand america is in charge, ukraine can do absolutely nothing about that
minus-squarecarpoftruth [any, any]@hexbear.netMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up25·5 months agoThe US has vassals, not allies. Alienation is acceptable
minus-squareGrapho@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·5 months agoUntil it ain’t. Even Mexico seems to be angling to pivot to BRICS as soon as a chance is presented.
The US is going to alienate every ally it has.
At this point the only thing holding the West allyship together is shared racism against brown people, will it be enough?
Europe is a garden and the rest of the world is a jungle, and the garden must make sure the jungle does not encroach on the garden
-Josep Borrell, EU foreign policy chief
It’s not a matter of ‘is racism against brown people enough’, it’s a matter of when do they come back down to planet earth.
who cares how alienated they are if they follow every beck and call, if they kneel to every wave of their hand
america is in charge, ukraine can do absolutely nothing about that
The US has vassals, not allies. Alienation is acceptable
Until it ain’t. Even Mexico seems to be angling to pivot to BRICS as soon as a chance is presented.
BRIMCSmanship