The documents show the fallout for the US in Bahrain, Indonesia and Azerbaijan as it struggles to catch up with pro-Iran messaging.
The Iran war is risking America’s global security ties and damaging its reputation, especially among the world’s Muslims, according to a set of State Department cables obtained by POLITICO.
The cables, dated Wednesday, described the fallout of the war for America’s standing in three countries in different parts of the world: Bahrain, Azerbaijan and Indonesia.
U.S. diplomats at embassies in the countries’ capitals painted damning portraits of an America under siege in multiple media spheres by pro-Iranian actors that are exceptionally agile in the digital space.
We’re at the tipping point right now in Europe - I am regularly having the “lesser of two evils” discussion of China vs US (and China gets the win by a hair btw in my circles). Both are clearly a threat to me and my family, the only real difference is I speak the language of one of them.
If we “prefer” the US over China it is purely inertia and avoidance of change.
I actively boycott all the US products I can, I’ll only buy US if there is no viable alternative. On the other hand I preference European over Chinese but I don’t actively boycott.
The reason is quite simple, one has actively threatened war, has corporations that are actively making my life worse and is actively meddling in the region’s politics.
China will probably do the same once the US has been destroyed by the Pumpkin Pinochet and turned into the dystopia he’s working towards. But for now one is an active threat and one is a distant threat.
I genuinely doubt most Americans realise just how much you’ve lost in terms of goodwill.