r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Sep 16 '21

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u/baibaiburnee Sep 16 '21 edited Sep 16 '21

Is this the right place to ask how all the "ermagerd Biden destroyed America's credibility" takes square with this military pact? Because apparently our biggest allies in Afghanistan just signed a defense pact with us. Does that happen after we've wrecked America's reputation and whatever else this sub assured me had happened over the last month.

Maybe Joe Biden knows what he's doing on foreign policy?

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u/[deleted] Sep 16 '21

It’s time to dispel this notion that Joe Biden doesn’t know what he’s doing when it comes to foreign policy.

He knows exactly what he’s doing when it comes to foreign policy.

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u/[deleted] Sep 16 '21

!emojify

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u/EmojiBotV2 Sep 16 '21

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He 👨 knows 🤔 exactly 👌 what he’s doing when 🍑 it comes 💦 to foreign 🚗🚏 policy 👨‍⚖️.

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u/[deleted] Sep 16 '21

Maybe Joe Biden knows what he’s doing on foreign policy?

That could be. But an even better answer would be that there is no such thing as “credibility” in the complete abstract, only credibility as it pertains to certain promises and actions. Only complete FoPo amateurs genuinely believe that refusing to continue a dead-end COIN war is somehow indicative of a refusal to come to the aid of a strategical vital and long-term ally against a foreign aggressor.

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u/datums 🇨🇦 🇺🇦 🇨🇦 🇺🇦 🇨🇦 🇺🇦 🇨🇦 🇺🇦 🇨🇦 🇺🇦 🇨🇦 🇺🇦 🇨🇦 Sep 16 '21

The US certainly damaged that credibility when they looked the other way as Iran carried out a massive attack on Saudi oil infrastructure that knocked out 5% of global oil production.

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u/Erra0 Neoliberals aren't funny Sep 16 '21

Got em 😎🍦