Longjumping_Meat_138 t1_iyd0pqk wrote on November 30, 2022 at 2:23 PM

Reply to comment by alpha_dk in China has warned US officials not to interfere in its relationship with India: Pentagon by xyzmangaboi

American interests keep changing though right? So isn't that exactly what - " We will use you till you are useful and then dispose of you means? "

alpha_dk t1_iyd0zk0 wrote on November 30, 2022 at 2:25 PM

Yes, times change. And if a country chooses not to change with it, and instead starts "challenging" their previous allies like OP suggested, then it's natural those allies would stop supporting them.

Longjumping_Meat_138 t1_iyd1el4 wrote on November 30, 2022 at 2:28 PM

But what exactly did the Kurds or Afghans do to not suddenly be enemies of the US? Even China has not made a single aggressive move against a recognised US ally (Albeit Taiwan does count, So this one may slide). I don't want to defend China, But it's not like they started a trade war yo delibrately weaken the other side.

alpha_dk t1_iyd25ch wrote on November 30, 2022 at 2:34 PM

Well, in the case of Kurds, you'll have to mention a specific group because we don't ally with ethnicities, and as far as I know we still support many of our Kurdish allies.

In the case of Afghans, they're not our enemies - however, they largely decided not to fight an invading Taliban army. So it seems like allowing the Taliban to take over is actually how we supported them in what they want. As it turns out, the country wasn't willing to fight the Taliban, and America is more than willing to let them do that so long as we don't think it will lead to more attacks on America. They'll have to live with the results, not much we can do about it.