Nobody actually cares about any of this. And no country is going to form any sort of coalition with the US right now.
It’s just shifting power centers and really all comes down to corporate profits.
It’s just shifting power centers and really all comes down to corporate profits.
Europe has made this mistake before. Appeasing a totalitarian, expansionist dictator works well, abruptly to the point at which it doesn't.
To be clear, this is an attack on the sovereignty of a fully democratic nation with a population the size of Australia's.
Some things are more precious than "corporate profits".