• CarbonIceDragon@pawb.social
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    1 year ago

    I mean, is that not par for the course for superpowers, historically? The US just has a wider area that it can reach in that regard, due to better technology of the current era

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      1 year ago

      Small countries still need supermarkets to buy weapons from to fight each other. It’s an inevitability that sides get chosen because selling weapons to both sides looks particularly bad.

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      1 year ago

      I suppose but given the current world climate you seppos are spreading yourselves a little thin IMO.

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        1 year ago

        You underestimate the depth of that spread. You’ve seen the knife, the jar is at home.