Our soft power has taken a greater hit from our unwavering support for Israel than this. How many countries outside of Europe have come out to condemn this? Meanwhile u.n. vote after u.n. vote everyone except for the u.s. and it’s proxies vote to condemn this genocide and the u.s. sending weapons.
This definitely doesn’t make us look good, but it’s not the unprecedented foreign relations catastrophe people are making it out to be.
Right or wrong (it is wrong in my opinion), supporting Israel and letting them do whatever the fuck they want while shoving weapons down their throat and no one daring to fuck beyond with them beyond words because you’re backing them is an extreme show of the extent of your soft power I would argue.
Pulling support from a former ally in open war against your historical arch nemesis because your leader feels like they didn’t thank them enough is the opposite. It tells everyone else that your words mean nothing. What about Taiwan tomorrow? Did they thank Trump enough to be protected from Chinese aggression?
That’s the literal opposite to unwavering support of your ally even if that ally behaves like a lunatic (read: genocidal maniac).
Our soft power has taken a greater hit from our unwavering support for Israel than this. How many countries outside of Europe have come out to condemn this? Meanwhile u.n. vote after u.n. vote everyone except for the u.s. and it’s proxies vote to condemn this genocide and the u.s. sending weapons.
This definitely doesn’t make us look good, but it’s not the unprecedented foreign relations catastrophe people are making it out to be.
Right or wrong (it is wrong in my opinion), supporting Israel and letting them do whatever the fuck they want while shoving weapons down their throat and no one daring to fuck beyond with them beyond words because you’re backing them is an extreme show of the extent of your soft power I would argue.
Pulling support from a former ally in open war against your historical arch nemesis because your leader feels like they didn’t thank them enough is the opposite. It tells everyone else that your words mean nothing. What about Taiwan tomorrow? Did they thank Trump enough to be protected from Chinese aggression?
That’s the literal opposite to unwavering support of your ally even if that ally behaves like a lunatic (read: genocidal maniac).