Nemeski@lemm.ee to Ukraine@sopuli.xyz · 21 hours agoTrump says he wants Ukraine's rare earth elements as a condition of further supportapnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square30fedilinkarrow-up1139arrow-down13cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1136arrow-down1external-linkTrump says he wants Ukraine's rare earth elements as a condition of further supportapnews.comNemeski@lemm.ee to Ukraine@sopuli.xyz · 21 hours agomessage-square30fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squareFlax@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14arrow-down7·edit-218 hours agoI mean… Tbh this does seem reasonable in exchange for their protection. But so did the extra taxes in the 1700s when we saved the 13 colonies as well, and the yanks made a fuss over that
minus-squareAbsentBird@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·14 hours agoBritain picked fights with the French, the Spanish, and Austria, then expected their colonies to foot the bill.
minus-squarepmk@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 hour agoIsn’t that kind of what colonies are for? Extracting money from land you took from the people who lived there before?
I mean… Tbh this does seem reasonable in exchange for their protection.
But so did the extra taxes in the 1700s when we saved the 13 colonies as well, and the yanks made a fuss over that
Britain picked fights with the French, the Spanish, and Austria, then expected their colonies to foot the bill.
Isn’t that kind of what colonies are for? Extracting money from land you took from the people who lived there before?
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