• yucandu@lemmy.world
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    “Our objective is not to be the vassals of two hegemonic powers,” he told students in Seoul. “We don’t want to depend on the dominance, let’s say on China, or we don’t want to be too much exposed to the unpredictability of the US.”

    European countries, he said, have a shared agenda with places like Japan and South Korea on issues like international law, democracy, climate change and global health.

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      European countries, he said, have a shared agenda with places like Japan and South Korea on issues like international law, democracy, climate change and global health.

      This reads to me that american vassals in europe have a shared agenda with american vassals in asia.

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      we don’t want to be too much exposed to the unpredictability of the US.”

      The war with Iran was announced in 2001. The unpredictability of the US is that it took them so long.