Comment by jrmg

16 hours ago

…and this is how the America I thought I knew growing up projected its influence upon the world.

Notwithstanding that this mission critically relied upon Canada, UK, EU, Japan, Taiwan, and contributions from many other countries.

  • Collaboration like that is all a (positive!) part of projecting influence - in both directions.

  • All those countries are essentially American vassals. No shade to them, just stating the reality, and not really sure why we need to keep pretending. There's no shame in that. It's often the smartest move to join forces with the big guy in the block!