MrSilkworm

joined 2 years ago
[–] MrSilkworm@lemmy.ml 34 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (3 children)

I'm afraid of what the result will be in the global opinion when America's soft power diminishes.

If the only existing side remaining is that of a bully, then that's what everyone will see.

Isolation is the only result of this.

The free wolrd will have to take steps towards a new balance with the absence of the USA

[–] MrSilkworm@lemmy.ml 10 points 1 month ago

Norway style agreement best I can do. No more no less. Either UK takes all 4 freedoms or none

[–] MrSilkworm@lemmy.ml 28 points 1 month ago (12 children)

Erdogan probably wants to take the upper hand in his country now that his orange friend Is in the white house again. Trump loves strong men and he ll try to copy Erdogans playbook for his own purposes.

He wants to intermediate between the USA, EU and Ukraine on the one side, Russia, Iran and China on the other, just to squeeze both for his own interests.

Turkish politics have been like this for the last 100 years at least and everyone in the west falls for it.

Turkey is not a real nor honest friend/ally of the west. Better of without them and Erdogan