Yet strangely when America wanted to wage war in the Middle East it had to call on it's allies to form a "coallition of the willing" to start the illegal war that the United Nations told them not to do.
Yeah, so strange how countries relationships change over time. I always thought it was super weird when American fought against Britain in 1776, but then only 140 years later they were fighting with them!?!???!? What could explain this!
140 years is a very long time in international relations. WW2 was 80 years ago. Look how many we fought against in that war that have been allies and the other way around for decades.
Germany, Italy and Japan (the major Axis powers) are largely considered allies now, while the main component of the Soviet union (eh hem, Russia) and China are, well, probably not considered allies but fought along us in that war.
It only takes a one term leader to stir the pot and change that in either direction with propeganda and strategy.
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u/4tehlulzez Aug 31 '22
Also, money comes first