France refused Israel use of its air space to transfer US weapons for Iran war - sources

Fair observation. There's also a distinct flavour of Trumpstein also being Russia's/Putin's b**** as well. Leads me to believe a certain someone has evidence against Trumpstein.

What do you call it when you kiss someone ass while they help your enemies

Employee/boss relationship by proxy.

Is Putin actually religious or just pretends to as part of maintaining his “image/brand”? The dude is a KGB man.

*Dementia donnie* is Russia's friend. But you're correct...they're not America's friend.

Haha, Putin has backstabbed Trump so many times and in so many ways, and for some reason Trump either can’t or won’t deal with it in any way

It’s a state, not a person… This situation is comparable to alliances among companies, not to relationship among individuals.

With friends like that, who needs enemies?

The president has done everything under his power to decouple from allies already, so countries like France have literally nothing to gain from a show of solidarity.

this is kinda funny because I feel like I saw india get incessantly shit on for years for being "non aligned" when it came to Europe and Russia, and now everyones going down the same path

Bingo

France is in no position financially to get involved in a war either. So yes, it’s very much in their best interest to not get involved.

In a wider sense? The hospitals in Germany and Italy at least might treat one of your family or friends if you happen to know somebody in the Army. More broadly, they're part of the American hegemony. Your living standard is in large parts supported by the USD being the world's de facto reserve currency, which gives the Federal Reserve a unique advantage compared to other countries' central banks, as it can essentially create money for much less penalty than any other nation on Earth. This is backed by the US' position as the epicentre of foreign capital investment, a reputation for rule of law, and also force projection to e.g. protect American ships all around the globe.

This'll be half-knowledge, So I won't be the one to provide the detailed rundown, but as far as I know bases are part of the security network the US runs to 1.) fighting threats real far away from home 2.) maintaining the *filthy rich* status of the US. You run? ran? (a good chunk) of the world and somehow ended up being the richest country and influential country in the world for *decades*. One of the richest in per capita GDP too, This incredible wealth not arriving in the individual home is very much a question of political (in)action. This network, both at the same time affording regional stability, military dependence on the US and military might whenever needed,is a good chunk on how the US gets its way. And how it stays filthy rich and powerfu Having bases somewhere is an incredible tool to whack the next ISIS or to get preferential treatment by the countries you're offering deterrence to. Also, offering deterrence mean that (if you're not dumb) you get to maintain a lot of influence in a region *without* going to war all the time, making you powerful and rich in the process, maybe. Bases in europe make a european war less likely, contain adversaries like russia, ensure european support of US aims over others, the close alliance provides lots of incentives to buy US arms which is a general high-paying industry that you benefit from no matter the stocks you own. Their logistics allow for influence all over the world, their position allows a european (or world) war to be fought on european lands first, without immediate access to US targets. The dependence produced can also be used to force concessions from the european countries in whatever other areas. All of these are finely tuned mutually beneficial arrangements where US provides part of the backbone for the entire-ish world. And the entire-ish world provides a *lot* for the US. Number 1 on the GDP list, 6x higher than Number 3 on the GDP list. Trump is working to make that untenable, kinda. OPs source fits into that. It's also an incredible tool to start ass-backwards wars that will weaken your position for decades (and cause untold harm).

To you? None whatsoever. Now, to the Lockheed-Martin and Raytheon shareholders...

In a sane administration it is a massive part of the backbone for NATO defending Europe. If/when war does come, it is much more costly to win those bases back if they are abandoned

Unironically, the casual HOI4 move of starting a little war over here, and then not being able to finish it

Unsurprisingly merz is a corrupt old man with ideas of yesterday.

Yeah he can really go lick some balls lol

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> I mean the US is legit only 1/3rd if the funding sent to Ukraine aren’t they? They haven't been delivering any aid since Trump took over, no?

Ukraine can use every single patriot missile. Unfortunately there is a limited supply and the additional use of those in the Middle East is a problem. Same for other AA weapons. Money is not all.

People don’t believe the connection between Russia and Iran

>We helped Cyprus because they are members of NATO No they are not. They are eu members though, and allies of the UK. Helping them was the correct choice.

I’m quite up to speed with current events as well as have a good understanding of the history of the region. This has happened in the past with Sinai. It was captured while Egypt was at war with them and then returned in exchange for peace. Sounds like a fair deal tbh. Hezbollah is the problem and they need to go.

Nope. It's pushing Hezbollah away from Israel's borders until another force can be sent in to keep them out of Southern Lebanon.

And after what happened to Ukraine...and now to Iran, every single country in the world should be building nukes. It's clearly the only way to stop your country from being pillaged by the ones that think they rule the world.

> If Ukraine had had active nukes They would've been shoved into Ukraine's ass and rotated a few times, mate It's not just having nukes, you also need to secure ability to launch them

Agreed.