Ramesh #NotGoingBack<p>⬆️ <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/@paraw" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>paraw</span></a></span> >> in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Europe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Europe</span></a> we know quite well that we do what the US say…</p><p>Irrefutable proof in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GeorgeWBush" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GeorgeWBush</span></a> steamrolling <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UN</span></a> over <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/France" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>France</span></a>'s objections in 2nd <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GulfWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GulfWar</span></a> just to avenge his dad <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GeorgeHWBush" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GeorgeHWBush</span></a>. </p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@benroyce" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>benroyce</span></a></span> >> "big guy gets what he wants" or "we follow rules"</p><p>In <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a>, we swing like a pendulum — former is in vogue when <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a> are in power, latter when <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Democrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Democrats</span></a>. </p><p>Even <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a> heeded <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Reagan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Reagan</span></a>'s call, "Mr <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Gorbachev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gorbachev</span></a>, tear down this wall" — That was a good thing in a different era.</p>