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[–] NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io -1 points 4 months ago

They only cooperated when it was in their interests. Never when it was against their interests.

What interest did Europe have have in Afghanistan or Iraq? What about Israel? If anything Europe should be invested in a stable Middle East so they don't have a refugee crisis every other Tuesday, whixh fundamentally goes against the American goal of an unstable Middle East that can't band together and control its oil exports.

They will absolutely cooperate again the very next time it is in their interests.

America's current relationship with Europe is gone. They'll have to build a new relationship with a more independent Europe if they want them to cooperate in the American empire project again, this time with less leverage because Europe is making sure it'll never need American security again. A lot of the leverage America used to get Europe to on its side is just gone now.

They're under no obligation to. Never were.

Again, I explicitly said it's not an obligation; it's a deal. America provides technology, weapons and security and in return Europe helps America's imperial ambitions, in addition to a lot of economic mutual back scratching.

Fights over the Falklands specifically with england etc. Hell there's Russia's current imperialism against ukraine. Mainland taiwan's saber rattling against actual Taiwan etc.

Falklands was a defensive war (setting aside whether the British claim to the territories is legitimate or not); I don't see any imperialism here beyond having a territory in South America in the first place. About Russia, when I said Europe I meant US-aligned Europe (which is most of the continent); obviously Russia is very much imperialist. I'm also not sure what Taiwan has to do with this.

Edit: It's already happening.