• Redcuban1959 [any]@hexbear.net
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    4 months ago

    I said about a year ago that the first two countries to leave the US sphere of influence would probably be France or Japan. Japan has good relations with Brazil (biggest Japanese disporia in the world) and India, but has border conflicts with China and Russia, as well as admitting the war crimes Japan committed against the Chinese.

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      I would say that Saudi Arabia are the first as they have already begun the process of re-orientation. They are still trying to play both sides for the time being, but it’s clear which way the wind is blowing. And i think the next to leave the US sphere of influence will be Turkey.

      Another one to keep an eye on is Pakistan where it is quite likely that Imran Khan and his party could make a return to power despite the best efforts of the US puppet government and the military to neutralize him as a political force. And he may be even more inclined to align with Russia and China now.

      I am more pessimistic about Japan and France. Japan is too occupied by the US to really have a choice, and France’s political class is just too Atlanticist, plus they’re in the EU which is another layer of US control that they would have to break before being free to realign.