The really ugly thing here is, al-Sharaa is the best thing to happen to Syria in decades. Most people have been urging recognition of his government and the relaxation of sanctions because he’s about as good we can expect a leader of Syria to be.
And he is still bribing Trump.
This isn’t merely corruption. This is the *normalization * of corruption. Even countries that abide by democratic norms and international law are going to need to grease palms to conduct regular diplomatic relations. The EU and UK and Canada might be able to weather his bullshit until he folds like he always does, but developing nations will be stuck trying to bid for American favor.
The west condemned Alawites for not liking to be massacred
Hmmm, are you sure about that? I feel like there was a notable party using that event as justification for crossing over the Syrian boarder but maybe that was a fever dream
I don’t know if that’s blame, or just acknowledging that USA’s general direction leads to China becoming ‘the’ world power by USA forfeitting their soft power around the world.
The really ugly thing here is, al-Sharaa is the best thing to happen to Syria in decades. Most people have been urging recognition of his government and the relaxation of sanctions because he’s about as good we can expect a leader of Syria to be.
And he is still bribing Trump.
This isn’t merely corruption. This is the *normalization * of corruption. Even countries that abide by democratic norms and international law are going to need to grease palms to conduct regular diplomatic relations. The EU and UK and Canada might be able to weather his bullshit until he folds like he always does, but developing nations will be stuck trying to bid for American favor.
Welcome to the Chinese century.
Could we please stop? He’s a jihadist saying pleasant things to Europeans and Americans with nobody caring whether they are true.
The louder the west screams about him being a Jihadist, the more I trust him to do the right thing in Syria
The west doesn’t scream. The west condemned Alawites for not liking to be massacred.
And this is stupid. Inverted signal is the same signal, just inverted. It’s not independence of thought.
Hmmm, are you sure about that? I feel like there was a notable party using that event as justification for crossing over the Syrian boarder but maybe that was a fever dream
Everyone in Syria is facing their own personal jihad - best of luck to them.
Ok comment until the random sinophobic punchline. Imagine blaming this on chinese people. jfc.
I believe they meant that China will become the dominant power after the US finishes torpedoing itself.
I’m not. I’m saying this will lead to China becoming the premier world power instead of us.
Imagine having reading comprehension skills. jfc
It’s not sinophobic to recognize who will be filling the power vacuum
I don’t know if that’s blame, or just acknowledging that USA’s general direction leads to China becoming ‘the’ world power by USA forfeitting their soft power around the world.
I’m not sure if this is blaming it on China, but acknowledging that China might be picking up after the downfall of the USA.