▲ 138 ▼ US seeks $5 trillion from Gulf states to stop Iran war: Omani analyst (www.turkiyetoday.com) submitted 5 months ago* by throws_lemy@reddthat.com to c/world@lemmy.world 13 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] frustrated_phagocytosis@fedia.io 62 points 5 months ago (3 children) The best part is that if they hand over $5 trillion, it won't stop anyway. What a country! permalink fedilink source hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] cammoblammo@lemmy.world 9 points 5 months ago Once you pay the Danegeld, you’ll never be rid of the Dane. You can say goodbye to your gold though. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Goferking0@ttrpg.network 3 points 5 months ago At same time wouldn't mind gulf states losing money permalink fedilink source parent [–] answersplease77@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) they paid the US $200Billions+ to defend them from Saddam invasion on Kuwait in the 1980s.. guess what happened afterward? The US built more military bases in their countries to start more wars for israel (invading Iraq), then asked for more $billions to protect them & repeat all over again Im not even asking these fuckers to read history.. this whole shit is less than 40 yrs old, and keeps on repeating. The US used their money to attack Iran then billed them again last week an additional $100Billions+ for defense on top of the trillions they paid before it, and now asking them to pay more for compensation to repeat it all over.. Any sovereign country would've told the US and all their bases to fuck off, but that's the reason why the US keeps and needs these GCC monarch puppet states to exist as dictatorships permalink fedilink source parent
[–] cammoblammo@lemmy.world 9 points 5 months ago Once you pay the Danegeld, you’ll never be rid of the Dane. You can say goodbye to your gold though. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Goferking0@ttrpg.network 3 points 5 months ago At same time wouldn't mind gulf states losing money permalink fedilink source parent
[–] answersplease77@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) they paid the US $200Billions+ to defend them from Saddam invasion on Kuwait in the 1980s.. guess what happened afterward? The US built more military bases in their countries to start more wars for israel (invading Iraq), then asked for more $billions to protect them & repeat all over again Im not even asking these fuckers to read history.. this whole shit is less than 40 yrs old, and keeps on repeating. The US used their money to attack Iran then billed them again last week an additional $100Billions+ for defense on top of the trillions they paid before it, and now asking them to pay more for compensation to repeat it all over.. Any sovereign country would've told the US and all their bases to fuck off, but that's the reason why the US keeps and needs these GCC monarch puppet states to exist as dictatorships permalink fedilink source parent