2026-09-25 02:27 UTC
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@Rentlar@lemmy.ca 2026-09-25 05:50
I agree about the vassal state status would be the same under any president. The point is though, USA’s ill treatment of those states hurt a major source of the USA’s own soft and hard power and that is the difference between the two as President. You may say losing that power is better, well that’s great, I’m glad you are getting what you want from Trump. Even accepting the premise Harris would have to wage a war with Iran because of the adversarial rhetoric, it wouldn’t be waged this illegally, and it wouldn’t be waged alone, with no regard for human life anywhere, on-again-off-again, which I argue would be less harmful for everybody. Trump did wage a 12 day bombing campaign in addition to this year’s fighting. It might be plausible that Harris would find herself leading a similar in-n-out air campaign and that being the end of it. But most things are plausible, you and I can speculate. Going against Iran twice within the span a year, unprompted, just seems improbable to me. In the large majority of potential outcomes, most of them NOT engaging in needless wars, I think the world would be better off under Harris, but you are most welcome to disagree.