• magnue@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    They’re asking for something that will force US involvement in a war if Russia were to invade.

    • halcyoncmdr@piefed.social
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      There is zero evidence that the US would intervene if Russia invaded anyone, in fact we have evidence that the US wouldn’t do shit about it other than sell weapons to make money from it. The US has been doing that exact thing with Ukraine, which Russia invaded. Expecting a different outcome in a nearly identical situation is one of the stupidest ideas.

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        12 hours ago

        Just look at the Arabian Gulf countries… They built US bases in the promise of protection, and when they were attacked as a result of the US starting a war, they were left to defend themselves AND defend the US bases while the American soldiers escaped to hotels.

        You’d be a complete moron to request a US base after what we all just witnessed.

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      Will it though? I could easily see Trump just writing off the deaths of any service members as a favor to his best buddy Putin or even ordering them to help Russia with the invasion. Best case scenario he just has the entire base stand down and sit on their asses while Russia does what it wants. He’s already indicated he doesn’t give a single flying fuck about NATO, and it’s not like he’s ever let little things like laws or treaties stop him before.