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Pisces

(6,312 posts)
1. The whole world is unstable right now. Russia want to own Ukraine, Israel want all of Gaza, China will take
Tue May 6, 2025, 05:41 PM
May 2025

Taiwan, the US wants Canada, and Greenland. We have zero credibility with the world. We are literally living in the upside down.

lastlib

(28,616 posts)
7. China also wants Tibet, Nepal, and Bhutan.
Tue May 6, 2025, 08:17 PM
May 2025

I think only international opinion stops them from trying to grab them.

B.See

(8,863 posts)
8. And what characteristic do the
Tue May 6, 2025, 08:24 PM
May 2025

leaders of all the above have in common, I wonder?

Authoritarians, dictators, and despots do what they DO.

lastlib

(28,616 posts)
3. In the words of the Don Henley/Eagles song,
Tue May 6, 2025, 06:04 PM
May 2025

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"the road to empire is a bloody, stupid waste." We're again seeing the fruits of it.
"Behold the bitten apple......"

Johonny

(26,613 posts)
4. This would never have happened if Joe Biden was president
Tue May 6, 2025, 06:06 PM
May 2025

But weak Trump . . .

I dare someone to say that to him. It is his logic, so throw it in his face.

Pisces

(6,312 posts)
9. Trump gave them all permission by talking about Greenland, Canada and Panama Canal. We have zero
Tue May 6, 2025, 09:03 PM
May 2025

credibility. We also have said zero to Israel on Gaza. We were the leaders of the world and now we have allowed the world to fall apart. I am beyond disgusted

C_U_L8R

(49,534 posts)
5. It doesn't help that Wrongway Peachfuzz is the US President
Tue May 6, 2025, 06:10 PM
May 2025

Anybody else in the world would foster peace and stability.
But no, we got stuck with the petulant toddler, glued to the
TV watching made-in-amurikah Alcatraz movies

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