• Raphael@lemmy.world
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    2 years ago

    Cold War is supposed to have ended, someone gotta tell that to the USA.

    • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆OP
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      2 years ago

      Not having wars would be tragic from the military industrial complex perspective.

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        2 years ago

        I think it’s more about maintaining superiority as the unilateral world superpower. Can’t let anyone else come into a position to threaten western hegemony. The military industrial complex profits are just the icing on the cake.

      • Raphael@lemmy.world
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        2 years ago

        Oh, that’s sad, how many hundreds of missiles did they drop? How many dozens of hydrogen bombs? How many thousands of troops?

          • m532
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            2 years ago

            The same could be said about your previous comment.

            Whataboutism was invented by the british to oppress the irish

  • sin_free_for_00_days@lemmy.one
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    2 years ago

    “Our concern is that de-risking, taken too far, will affect the current status quo,” he added.

    Can’t have that, don’t want to make waves. The boys at the top, they don’t like waves.

  • cykablyatbot@lemmy.fmhy.ml
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    2 years ago

    Malaysia is insignificant as far as technological and economic powers go.
    Singapore are bankers and will say what is prudent. And certainly don’t mind some draconian authoritarianism.