• benjirenji@slrpnk.net
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    5 hours ago

    And I don’t think they just embarrassed themselves militarily. Israel’s popularity is on its last leg due to them convincing [REDACTED] to commit this blunder. Trump who already destructed the US soft power demonstrated with his nightly tweeting and teenage girl behavior how he can’t get support from allies. While allies have tried to appease him before, almost everyone is looking for alternative partnerships now.

    • BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today
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      Absolutely. When this is over, the new non-MAGA president is going to have to go around the world, apologize for the darkness that we have emerged from, and pledging to be a good faith partner in the World.

      And they won’t believe a word of it until we can redeem ourselves in the eyes of our citizens, the World, and history. That will have to include punishment for the MAGA criminals, the prohibition of MAGA as a National Security Threat, and a newly reformed government that includes strong anti-corruption laws, Campaign Finance Reform, and strong guardrails on wealth.

      When we have demonstrated good faith government operations like that, maybe the rest of the World will be willing to learn to trust us.