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I agree with some of the commentary in that op-ed piece (UNESCO, Saudi). Others I disagree with. I think they are dead-wrong on Ukraine (i.e. the US and Europe are pretty much on the same page in terms of supporting Ukraine). We held joint exercises with (I think) Latvia and/or Lithuania just last year, much to Putin's annoyance. Could we support Ukraine
more? Absolutely. And we should. But we definitely aren't leaving them twisting in the wind. That Europe doesn't want to rely on Washington makes sense...this is in their backyard. If you watch all the Perun videos, you know that the Ukrainians are training on western equipment now that such is arriving from the US, Poland, Germany...pretty much all of NATO.
The French submarine deal my be related to the announcement that Australia will be buying
Virginia-class boats from us. Unfortunate, but governments do meddle in that sort of thing all the time.
About UNESCO, apparently we've had a bit of a rocky relationship with them. I don't know what the deal is at the moment.
https://www.unesco.org/en/countries/us#:~:text=The....
Meanwhile, relations with the Philippines are growing stronger since Trump and Duterte have left. I always thought it was a mistake for them to throw us out, and Duterte trying to cozy-up with China. Apparently they are realizing that, too.
https://www.npr.org/2023/02/02/1153727888/the-us-p...Now you see why I sometimes read al-Jazeera. They are pro-democracy, and call us out on our hypocrisy all the time. The US hasn't ever really had a good policy towards the middle east, which al-Jazeera is quick to point out all the deficiencies and hypocrisies.
