• Buffalox@lemmy.world
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    13 hours ago

    https://abcnews.com/Politics/zelenskyy-us-moved-20000-missiles-fight-drones-ukraine/story?id=122662585

    US diverting 20,000 missiles promised for Ukraine to the Middle East

    So despite these missiles were already bought and paid for even at a 10% surcharge, Trump and Pentagon decided to not honor the deal.
    There may still be deliveries, but USA has once again shown they are not a trustworthy ally, and they are not even a trustworthy supplier.

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      3 hours ago

      Trump and Pentagon decided to not honor the deal.

      That’s one weapon system. It doesn’t change that the US is still a, or even the major weapon supplyer.

      The rockets were more urgently needed in the middle east. The US can be blamed for many things but that decision is understandable.

      USA has once again shown they are not a trustworthy ally,

      No doubt about that.

      There’s an old saying in Tennessee—I know it’s in Texas, probably in Tennessee—that says, ‘Fool me once, shame on…shame on you.’ Fool me—you can’t get fooled again."

      To know the history of the US and to expect to be treated differently than the Philippines is a risky move.

      Furthermore, the EU won’t be stable for long. If Russa and China are eliminated, what will the EU be for the US strategically but a challenger?

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Grand_Chessboard

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        2 hours ago

        EU and China are the most stable regions in the world. There is absolutely no chance China will be “eliminated”.
        The Russian federation may collapse, but I can’t see how that would impact EU negatively? Russia has been trying to destabilize Europe for decades, not having that problem anymore, would definitely be an advantage for EU.

        EU has strong cooperation with some of the former Soviet states, the same will probably happen if the Russian federation collapses. Making life a little bit easier for EU, and EU most likely making new friends.