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regnaD kciN

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6. Has the world had any reason to trust us before...?

Reply to samsingh (Original post)

Mon Jan 19, 2026, 12:01 PM

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Sure, France and the U.K. have since WWI, and thus so has the post-WWII Europe of which they were the initial leaders, but the rest of the world? All most of them have experienced from the U.S. has been us using our “influence,” military or otherwise, to install leaders favorable to us and willing to let us take their resources.

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