Great-Power Competition: Picking the Lesser Evil
This blog discusses the importance of picking the lesser evil in great-power competition. It also looks at the history of the US's alliances in WW2 and beyond.
Noah Smith 🐇🇺🇦
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"How could America ally with a guy like Modi?"
— Noah Smith 🐇🇺🇦 (@Noahpinion) June 22, 2023
LOL. LMAO, even. Here is a photo of our allies in WW2.
(And we were 100% right to ally with them, btw.) pic.twitter.com/nIkCHkgRIg -
Just for the record, here's who these guys were. pic.twitter.com/8YPFsF6bu1
— Noah Smith 🐇🇺🇦 (@Noahpinion) June 22, 2023 -
Oh yeah and we allied with Mao not once but TWICE. pic.twitter.com/onSz1eRneH
— Noah Smith 🐇🇺🇦 (@Noahpinion) June 22, 2023 -
Not to mention FDR's POLITICAL allies here at home.https://t.co/9anA9BoxHv
— Noah Smith 🐇🇺🇦 (@Noahpinion) June 22, 2023 -
Great-power competition is all about picking the lesser evil, I'm sorry, it sucks, get used to it.
— Noah Smith 🐇🇺🇦 (@Noahpinion) June 22, 2023 -
Note: This is exactly what's going through the minds of Indians, too. We supported Pakistan in the Cold War, which genocided millions of Bangladeshis in 1971 before India put a stop to that. We elected Bush AND Trump.
— Noah Smith 🐇🇺🇦 (@Noahpinion) June 22, 2023
To them, *we* are the lesser evil.