No problem USA! Go back on the Iran deal, go back on the Paris climate deal, go back on TPP.
Just don't expect that anyone believes you anymore.
Just don't expect that anyone believes you anymore.
We detached this subthread from https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18616293 and marked it off-topic.
Surely, you realize the US earns its status on the global stage via its violent & powerful military, and the PetroDollar? It is foolish to suggest that the US expects other nations to possess any pretense of trust.
You don't have to believe me, because after all I'm just some dumb American. But you may want to take a good look in the mirror and ask yourself who is being the true "American" here.
Even if the next administration is deemed trustworthy what's with the one coming after that?
Yes
>Why choose to ignore the last 100+ years of the US's backstory
I was born in '93 so what happened 100 years ago isn't much of a concern for me.
>and focus on this rather minor setback to make such a bold statement?
Calling climate change a chinese hoax and exiting a global climate deal is not a minor setback.
Destroying the trust that Obama built over 8 years since Iraq and rolling back all his promises to the world, while having a 40%+ domestic approval rating, is not a minor setback.
>Surely, you realize the US earns its status on the global stage via its violent & powerful military, and the PetroDollar? It is foolish to suggest that the US expects other nations to possess any pretense of trust.
No I'm not aware that USA/EU common trade and foreign policy interested rest on us being afraid of the American armed forces, or on what currency is used to buy petrol.
>You don't have to believe me, because after all I'm just some dumb American. But you may want to take a good look in the mirror and ask yourself who is being the true "American"
What? Is this just a roundabout way of telling me I'm dumb?
Newtonian physics. World War II. Penicillin. A lot of things that happened a long time ago shape your reality today. This is not related to the Huawei case, but I wish more people would take into account how their actions might affect those living 100 years in the future.
This is a painfully ignorant statement. Every facet of your life is shaped by the actions of those in the past.
> or on what currency is used to buy petrol.
This literally is the thing regulates how every currency on the planet is valued/traded. EVERYTHING is based on the relationship between the dollar and the price of oil, including the USA/EU trade relationship, and every other trade relationship for that matter. Is that a good thing? Depends on who you ask, but it is nevertheless the current reality.
> What? Is this just a roundabout way of telling me I'm dumb?
No, but you aren't exactly making a great case for yourself.