Matt Gurney: 'We will never fucking trust you again'
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Some blunt talk for our American neighbours at the Halifax International Security Forum.
  • Riddick3001@lemmy.worldEnglish
    37·
    2 days ago

    "America’s recent actions have destroyed the ability of any ally to continue to have faith in America to act even within its own strategic self-interest, let alone that of any ally.

    The officer then said that even a swift return of America to its former role won’t matter. Because “we will never fucking trust you again.”

  • Someonelol@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    12·
    2 days ago

    Now this should be the quote of the year. America fucking blew it. It got high on its own farts and basically elected an idiot - twice - to destroy all the soft power this country built over a century. We deserve what’s coming to us. America needs to be humbled by having its former allies turn its back to it the way America did with Ukraine.

  • AA5B@lemmy.worldEnglish
    71·
    2 days ago

    Well we built that trust over 80 years of building relationships including some significant investment in trade and military power. We’ll just have to do that again

    • magnetosphere@fedia.io
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      2 days ago

      The trick is that we’d have to remain consistent and reliable across administrations. I don’t know if that’s possible anymore. Too many fascist jackasses have been allowed to have their way.

      • HobbitFoot @thelemmy.clubEnglish
        1·
        2 days ago

        Yeah. Even with Trump administration being the pile of shit we expected, I don’t see the Republican Party purging the cancer and I don’t see the Democratic Party, even if renews itself, to be able to hold onto power long enough to purge the fascist menace.

  • OBJECTION!@lemmy.mlEnglish
    9·
    2 days ago

    This is the most hopeful and positive perspective I’ve read in a while.

    Imagine a world where the US tries to invade somewhere like Afghanistan, to loot and plunder while murdering countless civilians, and Europe, instead of supporting it and providing diplomatic cover, tells us to go fuck ourselves. Countless lives would be saved, American, European, and especially the people of whichever poor country is being targeted this week.

    If Europeans are serious about this, there’s some great opportunities to prove it with Venezuela and Palestine. By all means, knock yourselves out.