Serinus @ Serinus @lemmy.world

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People have decided the issue is about which team you pick. Apparently it's a sport where "your team" is good and the other guys are bad.

Who needs nuance when you can just rail against your perceived enemies (anyone who disagrees with you even slightly).

Give Israel to Iran?

I do think the US in particular should have pulled the leash on Netanyahu. Sure felt like they had a different understanding of who has the power in that relationship. (Thanks, AIPAC.)

However, regardless of the US stance, I think s genocide happens there no matter what. Even so, slowly and constantly over 30 years is better than devastation over 30 months.

It's not a black and white situation.

... You want shipping through the Suez.

Couldn't find a SCIF in Moscow.

While in Moscow.

Moscow is not a SCIF.

This is the start of bullshit arguments intended to drown out any real conversation. It just gets worse from here.

We know.

I wouldn't put it as terribly anti-Europe. They're right in that we've provided security for Europe since WW2.

To think we got nothing out of that arrangement is a solid chunk of dumb.

It's one of those few things where I can see the grain of truth, but you know they're going to execute as though they're watering our crops with Brawndo.

Tariffs can also be good. When used wisely and in moderation. Tariffs on the heavily subsidized Chinese green energy market makes sense. Tariffs to reduce reliance on cheap Chinese manufacturing makes sense. Blanket 25% tariffs on Mexico and Canada do not.

Yes. It didn't help that we spent 50 years saying not to discuss politics or religion.

But the current situation was largely a coordinated propaganda effort, likely combined with blackmail on politicians. Possibly caused by the hacked emails. Both the DNC and RNC were hacked. Only the DNC side was released.

They're at least being performative with each other.

Europe needs to step the fuck up right now. Don't they know that appeasement doesn't work? Are they going to continue standing on the sidelines for years while Ukraine fights on their own?

They can also stop this war. Europe can take action. Lead the world while the US has its head up its own ass.

Absolutely. I was specifically referring to sanctions, which are unlikely anyway, but possible.

Europe needs to take real action. You want Ukraine to actually win? Go make it happen. You can do it.

Putin is not going to use nukes to win Ukraine. Kowtowing encourages nuclear proliferation.

America, even this America, does not want war with Europe. They may sabre rattle, but nothing outside of sanctions will come of it. And if all goes reasonably, the US should hopefully be an ally again in four years.

You need to work on your military. Ukraine is the place to do that.

The US is in this mess because none of the good guys would take bold action. EU, you're the good guys now. Will you do anything?

Maybe they'll do what Trump does. Just agree to it and then don't do it.

Seems to be only California Teslas for now.

to arrest them

to arrest whom?

No. As of 7 days ago, he has not been paid the $50 billion. The judge's order is holding for now.

https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/12/elon_musk_appeals_voided_pay_package/

Did that actually get paid out? Last I heard the judge said no, multiple times.

But he's an idiot, and if Vance sees a legit opening he might jump at it.

"I go back and forth between thinking Trump is a cynical asshole like Nixon who wouldn't be that bad (and might even prove useful) or that he's America's Hitler," he wrote privately to an associate on Facebook in 2016.

In another 2016 interview about his book, Vance told a reporter that, although his background would have made him a natural Trump supporter, “the reason, ultimately, that I am not … is because I think that (Trump) is the most-raw expression of a massive finger pointed at other people.”

He did win the popular vote this time. Not by much. He absolutely does not have a mandate.

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