(12-24-2024, 09:03 PM)TDOSS Wrote:

(12-24-2024, 08:16 PM)flsprtsgod Wrote: That's the point of international negotiation, to get to a place that's beneficial for both parties. There's plenty that we can offer Panama to make it in their interest to work with us on this including infrastructure investment and trade benefits that only the America market can provide. I get that you're already convinced it can't be done. You likely were also convinced just a few months ago that Joe Biden was going to win re-election and we see how that turned out. I'll enjoy watching the next few years to see how things go, I'm sure Trump won't get everything he shoots for, but I also see value in moves like this one to reassert our superiority abroad.

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Russia taking Ukraine doesn't make them a threat to the USA. It's actually more of a threat for us to continue A. our corrupt relationship with Ukraine and B. dumping billions of dollars into their failed state. Russian taking Ukraine matters no more to us than Nigeria taking Benin, Russia isn't a threat and Ukraine isn't a friend.

Russia taking Ukraine gives them a wealth of natural resources and industry, making them stronger. You want Russia to be stronger. And given they are allied to China, that makes China stronger too.

Lol, Russia and China will be at war with each other before either of them are an actual material threat to us. Ukraine is not a friend, Russia conquering them only hurts the bank accounts of corrupt US politicians. It's ok, global politics is pretty complex, so I wouldn't really expect someone on your intellectual...level to understand anything about it.

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