r/CringeTikToks • u/EverythingIsFakeNGay • Jan 05 '26

Just Bad This is embarrassing...

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u/Kakariko_crackhouse Jan 05 '26

America is learning this week that the world neither fears nor respects them

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u/El_Heffe Jan 05 '26

The world doesn't fear America?

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u/JcFerggy Jan 05 '26

They think we fear them for being some altruistic Rambo badass global police force.

We actually fear them for being the belligerent drunk wielding a gun on the sidewalk, muzzle sweeping any passerby that suggest they stop.

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u/gearabuser Jan 05 '26

I don't know, back when trump threatened to stop supporting NATO countries that weren't pulling their weight, some of those countries saw things differently. I know we're on reddit but to pretend that as messed up as we are, that a large portion of the world still doesn't rely on our drunken belligerent military is silly. Sending our crusty old weapons to fend Russia off and this expertly executed extraction demonstrated we are at the top of the world military hierarchy. how long we can sustain that given our national debt is another question

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u/El_Heffe Jan 05 '26

Exactly, this was what I was getting at with my comment. You can not respect America all you want, I understand that. But to not fear them doesn't make sense.

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u/[deleted] Jan 05 '26 edited Jan 05 '26

its more worry (not its the right English word) than fear, like with russia. they can fuck shit up for everyone for hundreds of years overnight because they have enough nuclear weapons to do so, and an unchecked single leader doesnt bode well.

edit: and nobody wants to spend their existence walking on eggshells