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jacquesmyesterday at 9:54 PM2 repliesview on HN

I think when you start to threaten your former allies by wanting to attack/invade them you probably should be dinged in the trust department for that.

The same goes for when you try to strongarm a country into fabricating evidence to shore up your lies.

The USA was an ally in 1945 and has since steadily eroded that. In 2001 they briefly regained a lot of sympathy but squandered it just as fast and now we're at low tide. And I wonder how much lower it will go before people with common sense will be back at the helm and reparation of the relationship can begin, but I don't expect the aftershocks of this to be gone quickly.

And no, help was not offered '90% of the time'. Most of the time it was just business in disguise, altruism did not factor into it as far as I can see.


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pedromayesterday at 9:58 PM

Would you say we're worse than China these days (if so, what % of the time did China help Ukraine in the conflict)?

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