PPRuNe Forums - View Single Post - Iran
Thread: Iran
View Single Post
Old 22nd May 2018, 09:30
  #29 (permalink)  
Arclite01
 
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Norfolk
Posts: 1,057
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
I think that the thing the US fails to understand now is that there are alternative partners for these countries to go to - including China and Russia, both of whom have no scruples about who they partner with or on what terms (Military involvement in Syria and Financial 'Investments' in Africa prove that), if there is a longer term benefit for them either in economic or political/military terms. The actions of Trump may have worked as a policy 50 years ago but now not so much I think.

The 19th Century belonged to Britain, the 20th Century to the USA, the 21st Century either India or China but certainly not the other 2..................

IMHO

Arc
Arclite01 is offline