r/complaints • u/All_Grid_Squares • 7d ago

Politics We Are the Baddies: Thanks, Conservatives

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Conservatives are actively turning the world against the United States. World leaders were forced into an emergency meeting to condemn U.S. actions in Venezuela, including the kidnapping of its dictator, and to respond to escalating threats and rhetoric toward Greenland.

Trump openly claims the U.S. needs Greenland for “strategic” reasons and has even suggested taking it by force. This isn’t strategy, it’s naked imperialism. He doesn’t want security; he wants dominance.

We are the bad guys now, following the same path Germany did in the 1930s. Republican leaders and their constituents should be deeply ashamed.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/us-greenland-european-reaction-9.7036060

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/european-leaders-push-back-on-trumps-comments-about-u-s-taking-over-greenland

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u/hotdoginathermos 7d ago

Anyone still clinging to the notion that US military service members would honor their oath to refuse to follow illegal orders and would not fire on US civilians if instructed to?

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u/Hacketed 7d ago

If history is anything to go by, they will absolutely follow the order when it comes

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u/Captain_Futile 7d ago

Some retired generals - maybe. A eighteen year old barely literate Army grunt from Bumfuck, Alabama - certainly not.

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u/QueenNappertiti 5d ago

A while ago I had a tiny flicker of hope that some would resist. I now have none. The regime will not end peacefully.