Some blunt talk for our American neighbours at the Halifax International Security Forum.

Interesting report from the world of diplomacy and military alliance.

The headline quotation is a direct quotation of a non-American senior official to the Americans at the meeting.

80 years of effort to build up a world of shared values burned in under a year. 80 years of soft power tossed in the compost pile and recycled into fertilizer. 80 years of blood, sweat, and tears as Americans laboured to make the world safe for America.

All gone in the tantrums of a decrepit toddler.

Indeed, USA: We genuinely will never fucking trust you again.

  • idiomaddict@lemmy.worldEnglish
    12·
    23 hours ago

    Thank god. Hopefully that means the rest of the world won’t get dragged into the next gulf war and the US won’t join the next Vietnam.

    Now, when does this get applied to the US ally that isn’t changing its mind (Israel)?

    • FlyingCircus@lemmy.worldEnglish
      7·
      16 hours ago

      The US and Israel are functionally the same state. The oligarchs in both countries want the same things and 95% of US politicians support Israel as if it were the 51st state.