r/PoursTea • u/Longjumping-Tell1774 • 13h ago

PoliticalTea 🗳️ Republicans this morning

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u/radiantwave 12h ago

But Russia supports Iran... So what now Trump supports Iran by association?

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u/Thrashanoni 11h ago

I don’t think you understand the “proxy” part of “proxy wars”.

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u/Flyinmanm 9h ago

I mean yeah, but in a proxy war you usually wouldn't buy the biggest export product of two of your opponants (Oil, Iran, Russia).

This is like Chamberlin pre WWII suddenly deciding to import thousands of tonnes of German meat and Austrian pastry whilst Germany was rampaging across Europe.

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u/Far-Investigator1265 7h ago

Before USA declared war against Germany during WW 1, USA accepted German submarines in its ports. Germans used submarines to export valuable goods like printing dyes to USA.