It is a reflection of the lack of integrity in the political systems of other countries that no sanctions have been imposed on the US in response to its brutal actions in Iran - this war is just as much a war of aggression in violation of international law as the one Russia is waging against Ukraine.
I don’t think that it’s a lack of integrity that’s resulted in sanctions not being applied against the US. We just wouldn’t be able to weather the financial consequences of sanctioning them.
Integrity is lacking but I don’t think that a government with 100% integrity would be able to afford to sanction the US.
Personally I’d love to see sanctions applied to USA for what they’ve done in Iran - though don’t get me wrong, I don’t support the Iranian regime either - BUT you really cannot compare Iran to Ukraine.
Correct me if I’m wrong, but Ukraine hasn’t spent the last two decades funding terrorism and proxies to destabilise the European area? Let’s not pretend like Iranian gov is some helpless, innocent angel here. Many were clapping for regime change when it was being earned by the blood of innocent students. Perhaps many of our countries would’ve been involved in this conflict, if it was planned and executed sensibly (though I’d argue the conflict straight up wouldn’t have exploded to actual conflict if anyone but the stupid orange turd was at the helm)
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While instant sanctions haven’t been put in place there is a lot of ‘decoupling’ going on.
While this doesn’t have the same shock value, the long term effects are there.
Yes, that’s true, which is why, as I said, I consider sanctions unrealistic. The big problem is that after World War II, the U.S. rose to become the sole power controlling the financial market.
Now that the US is on the verge of losing its status as a superpower to China, however, the situation is slowly changing.
I very much hope that countries will learn that the same principle applies at the state level as it does in the economy: monopolies harm everyone except the monopolists. Perhaps politicians will see reason, allow themselves not to be “influenced” shamelessly by lobbyists in the future, and stop putting all their eggs in one basket.
As for Germany, I can say that we are unfortunately still very far from that. Our chancellor is, unfortunately, more of a U.S. lobbyist than a politician who would act in the interests of the people.
So I don’t have much hope, but still, one almost has to be grateful to that orange pedo for being such a brain-dead moron. His arrogant warmongering and his constant, brazen threats make it abundantly clear that the US is anything but a peace-loving, reliable partner.
I hope this will lead other countries to organize themselves to at least begin to break free from this miserable relationship of dependency.
I don’t think that it’s a lack of integrity that’s resulted in sanctions not being applied against the US. We just wouldn’t be able to weather the financial consequences of sanctioning them.
Integrity is lacking but I don’t think that a government with 100% integrity would be able to afford to sanction the US.
Personally I’d love to see sanctions applied to USA for what they’ve done in Iran - though don’t get me wrong, I don’t support the Iranian regime either - BUT you really cannot compare Iran to Ukraine.
Correct me if I’m wrong, but Ukraine hasn’t spent the last two decades funding terrorism and proxies to destabilise the European area? Let’s not pretend like Iranian gov is some helpless, innocent angel here. Many were clapping for regime change when it was being earned by the blood of innocent students. Perhaps many of our countries would’ve been involved in this conflict, if it was planned and executed sensibly (though I’d argue the conflict straight up wouldn’t have exploded to actual conflict if anyone but the stupid orange turd was at the helm)
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While instant sanctions haven’t been put in place there is a lot of ‘decoupling’ going on.
While this doesn’t have the same shock value, the long term effects are there.
Yes, that’s true, which is why, as I said, I consider sanctions unrealistic. The big problem is that after World War II, the U.S. rose to become the sole power controlling the financial market.
Now that the US is on the verge of losing its status as a superpower to China, however, the situation is slowly changing.
I very much hope that countries will learn that the same principle applies at the state level as it does in the economy: monopolies harm everyone except the monopolists. Perhaps politicians will see reason, allow themselves not to be “influenced” shamelessly by lobbyists in the future, and stop putting all their eggs in one basket.
As for Germany, I can say that we are unfortunately still very far from that. Our chancellor is, unfortunately, more of a U.S. lobbyist than a politician who would act in the interests of the people.
So I don’t have much hope, but still, one almost has to be grateful to that orange pedo for being such a brain-dead moron. His arrogant warmongering and his constant, brazen threats make it abundantly clear that the US is anything but a peace-loving, reliable partner.
I hope this will lead other countries to organize themselves to at least begin to break free from this miserable relationship of dependency.
valid point as well