this is what's called "getting high on your own supply"https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/15/opinion/sunday/trump-china-america-first.html …
"entangling alliances" is WWI thinking, meaningless today. concert of europe was a time where many nations could field substantial armies and peace was maintained by gentleman's agreements
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and we didn't have alliances in 1989 either. we had countries we were willing to defend ownership of with force (this was the basis of NATO, dual to warsaw pact)
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rn the only international diplomacy of import is a) dealing with russia and china, or b) wooing/intimidating countries that may flip from our sphere to one of theirs or vice-versa
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rest is just larping
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