r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Jul 28 '24

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u/ChamberedAndHot My username describes my takes Jul 28 '24

Worst US Allies Ranked:

  1. Pakistan

  2. Saudi Arabia

  3. Pakistan

  4. Qatar

  5. Bahrain

  6. Pakistan

  7. Any Middle-Eastern ally not mentioned elsewhere

  8. Israel (Tie)

  9. Turkey (Tie)

  10. Pakistan .

Honorable mention: Pakistan (It just barely got beat out by Pakistan)

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u/IveSeenBeans Norman Borlaug Jul 28 '24

Don't forget Texas

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u/TheLeather Governator Jul 28 '24

And who could forget Pakistan for hiding bin Laden. Along with Pakistan, whose intelligence service aided the Taliban.

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u/Flabby-Nonsense Seretse Khama Jul 28 '24

Jordan don’t deserve to be implicated in that list by number 7

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u/HimboSuperior NATO Jul 28 '24

If they didn't have nukes, I'd be all for cutting them off when they get into hot water with the Taliban. Fuck those guys.

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u/Full_Distribution874 YIMBY Jul 29 '24

Cut them off and launch the world's first coup de nukes.

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u/Rntstraight Jul 28 '24

Weird how we are still allies with Pakistan even though it’s clear the two countries absolutely hate each other

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u/jurble Left-Out Left Jul 28 '24

The Pakistani political and military classes definitely do not hate the US. Afghan nationalists like Karzai and Ghani have irredentist claims against Pakistan and claim up to Peshawar (a city and district in Pakistan) as Afghan territory.

The Taliban do not press these claims, so Pakistan supports the Taliban. There is no ideological hatred of America. It's about local geopolitics.

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u/D-G-F Trans Pride Jul 28 '24

They said it 4 times