• Godort@lemmy.ca
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    10 hours ago

    I’m sure this was a difficult choice.

    It’s basically this, and hope that it buys enough goodwill with Trump to let you take over the government there, or you keep it and let the US operate the government as a puppet state.

    Ultimately, if this pays off, the medal is a pretty cheap price to pay all things considered

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      The medal doesn’t even mean anything. It’s like buying a purple heart at an auction; doesn’t make you a veteran. Of course, Trump would never understand that.

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      10 hours ago

      Be a puppet state either way, she just wants to signal that she’d be an enthusiastic puppet.

      Her entire legitimacy at this point consists of being recognized by Western organizations and now grovelling to a hostile foreign power. She’d be the worst type of puppet.

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        10 hours ago

        I’m not so sure

        Assuming she is appointed as the leader of the country, she can use that position to save people from callous deaths that would otherwise happen with a full US occupation.

        It’s a harm reduction measure, rather than a path to victory