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[deleted] t1_je3fzdf wrote

Reply to comment by BonerStorm69 in Iran To Invite Saudi King For Tehran Visit by green_flash

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test_test_1_2_3 t1_je4fsn3 wrote

Bollocks, Saudi is just doing what makes sense for their government, it’s not retaliatory it’s just self interest. Israel is currently experiencing issues and the US Saudi relations are less close than they have been so closer ties with Iran is a good move.

China Iran and Russia’s ‘advantage’ is that they are run by totalitarian leaders who don’t need to worry about public opinion or perception.

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ScaryShadowx t1_je4035y wrote

The US still thinks this is the 90s where their only geopolitical rival fell and countries have no other choice but join them or go alone. Many on the US government and their citizens (as shown on this sub) absolutely refuse to see the changing geopolitical landscape and the rising power giving the world an alternate to US hegemony.

Rather than trying to bring countries into the fold by offering better partnerships, the US is doing what the US has done for decades, trying to strong arm them and lecture them, while it's citizens disregard and make fun of the rising powers that are taking more and more of the US' geopolitical pie, believing the US is somehow uniquely powerful and can never fade.

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astros1991 t1_je6kmh5 wrote

I don’t know if you’re living under a rock, but the US and its allies are gaining momentum. On the eastern front, they are getting more support from countries in the South China Sea like Vietnam and the Philippines, Australia is building a stronger navy to keep China in check, France is setting up closer ties with India with the idea to reduce their military dependence on Russian weapons, economic war with China supported from each of the western allies such as blocking China’s access to high-tech semiconductors. On the western front in Europe, Nato is getting rebuffed with more investment in defence within its member countries, Finland and Sweden joining Nato thus containing Russia further, Ukraine applying to join the EU bloc and doing a pretty good job at draining Russian military and financial ressources.

The way I see it, the West are doing pretty well. And that’s good. I’d support then anytime instead of supporting tyranny.

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