I think the US is calling the base withdrawal a "punishment" to save public face when really it's probably Spain kicking out them. Similar to how Trump made big talk about bringing Iran to the stone age to make it look like Iran surrendered when it was the other way around to anyone with actually the ability to read.
Not big of a surprise. After Iran it would be Turkey, after China it would be India, after Russia it would be cannibalizing Europe, they will invent new enemies to continue colonialist expansion.
The strongest counter to foreign bribery is to become a richer country overall so that others have less to give compared to what the government is already providing.
Nooooo do imperialism on them not us lets sit down and carve up maps together daddy Trump nooooo whyyy ๐ญ๐ญ๐ญ
Capitalists paywalling their own propaganda, some problems really do fix themselves.
Truly no other choice. Can't let Russia win in Ukraine or else Russia is then going to sail their entire army through the North Sea to conquer Britain next. Call of Duty plots have taught me as much.
It's almost like being communist means being left wing or something.
I've seen people defend capitalism unironically by arguing that you can just go run off in the woods if you don't like it, as if every square inch of land isn't privately owned.
Imagine the US pushing Europe into war with Russia and then at the last second is like nah, you got this, keep buying our overpriced hardware and you'll be fine.
Nazis: Marxism is bad because it's jewish.
Liberals: Marxism is bad because it hates jews.
Marxists: Bruh.
Perhaps so, but now Russia no longer has McDonald's or Pizza Hut.
In the case of the gulf states, I do think they (their ruling class) actually do need US bases since there is a very strong risk they would overthrown by anti-zionists and pan-arab nationalists if they expanded their own militaries beyond being a private security force made up of mercenaries. Their absolute domestic power comes at the cost of being unable to empower and trust their own citizens in any way and having to be puppets to a foreign power.