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> It's not being dismantled at all. It's engaged in a sudden retrenchment

Sounds like a destruction. The administration is abandoning both the US soft power and its abilities to project through allied countries.



USAID and NED propaganda and agitation are nowhere near as effective as they used to be and they have a stronger tendency to piss off foreign leaders and push them into the arms of rival powers. The golden days of the color revolution are over.

The failure in Georgia to push back on the "pro Russian law" (a law similar to one the US has which required all foreign propaganda to be clearly labeled) was probably seen as a watershed moment that it was about time to hit the reset button on that stuff. That one didnt just fail it backfired.

No US military bases have been closed though, have they?


Germany must be wondering why it is keeping enemy bases on its soil.


Japan was just asked why the US spends so much defending it...


Because they went in to protect their own interests in the world after the world war 2. They dropped 2 nukes on Japan, remained in the country, and now they want money. Crazy people.


We also wrote their constitution that they can't have a military.

They still have the jdf but we kinda forced this position, it's a bit of a baffling question.


Of course it's only baffling if you assume it's asked in good faith.


Given that all continuity of agenda posts are downvoted, they are probably true. Political truth is always downvoted.

What is expected is to react to the latest headlines, accept them as truth and fight an approved R vs D battle.




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