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Forget the theatrics for a moment, and look at this map. These are the facts that will not soon be forgotten.

https://old.reddit.com/r/europe/comments/1ixbbr9/countries_t...

It appears based on this thread HN has fully transitioned into becoming intellectually as interesting as the front page of Reddit, so why not skip the middle man and just link to it outright.

"Intellectually interesting" of course meaning that we should calmly discuss everybody's interests and motivations, and look for deeper meaning, while Russians have been lobbing missiles at Ukrainian homes for the last 3 years.

You must love the Lex Friedman Podcast.

It's clear as day now that the Trump admin is carrying out the Project 2025 and techno feudalist playbook of consolidating power in the executive branch by removing opposition and appointing loyalists. While at the same time shifting America's foreign policy to be in line with Putin and Xi's.

Maybe none of that concerns you, but many of us don't want the us to descend into autocracy.

What's more likely:

The US becoming a Russo/Sino-inspired dictatorship?

Or that most of the people in this thread a) spend a little too much time consuming partisan political narratives-as-entertainment, b) lack a capacity for non-emotional thinking, and c) unquestionably consume the current zeitgeist of their tribe?

I'll place my bet on the latter. Let's revisit in 10 years and see who was right.

US, Russia, Israel, North Korea - new axis of evil.

How ironic considering that the modern day use of the term "axis of evil" was coined by George W. Bush of all people to justify the Iraq war. And I thought Republicans couldn't get any worse back then.

The speechwriter was apparently Michael Gerson: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Gerson#Lines_attribute... https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2003/01/axis-of-evil-aut...

Yes, as a teen I thought it was so absurd that the world wasn't deeply disturbed by the rhetoric and actions of the neo cons back then. Today, I would gladly take those idiots back.

I think many were disturbed back then. Heck, Obama even campaigned on it. It's just that nothing was done to meaningfully rectify it.

What concerns me even more today is that the narrative surrounding the Iraq war has shifted. Basic things like who started the war and for what purpose are lost in discussions. Even the liberal media sometimes seem to forget that it happened at all when talking about the military industrial complex. It's surreal, seeing all this 1984 BS playing out in the open.

It has been reported that Israel was forced to vote this way by the USA.

https://jewishinsider.com/2025/02/trump-administration-insis...

If they could be forced, they are not sovereign.

This is a petty excuse. We just witnessed how USA tried to force Zelensky (who is in a much worse position than Israel) to sign a deal, and he refused. Israel voting this way falls in line with who they are.

Israel has voted the other way previously. For example:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_General_Assembl...

So did the US then huh?

Who said this is smart?

The article is describing just lobbying.

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