• Wispy2891@lemmy.world
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    14 hours ago

    All the American politicians that managed to persuade foreign states to voluntarily join an “alliance” where one “ally” is dominating everything, decisions, how much land for bases and so on, are all rolling in their graves now

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      7 hours ago

      Back when Russia/Soviet Union still had actual power it was a much better deal for Europe.

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        5 hours ago

        Also back then European countries couldn’t really choose, the US called the shots

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      12 hours ago

      The greatest trick the United States ever pulled was convincing the countries in its sphere of influence that they were allies on equal footing.