The documents show the fallout for the US in Bahrain, Indonesia and Azerbaijan as it struggles to catch up with pro-Iran messaging.
The Iran war is risking America’s global security ties and damaging its reputation, especially among the world’s Muslims, according to a set of State Department cables obtained by POLITICO.
The cables, dated Wednesday, described the fallout of the war for America’s standing in three countries in different parts of the world: Bahrain, Azerbaijan and Indonesia.
U.S. diplomats at embassies in the countries’ capitals painted damning portraits of an America under siege in multiple media spheres by pro-Iranian actors that are exceptionally agile in the digital space.
I don’t think so anymore - even in Europe, you’re seeing large splits. Germany might be content to follow the Americans to hell, but Ireland, Spain, and others are open about seeing the US as a much more dangerous and untrustworthy entity.
The current US admin may be more dangerous and untrustworthy, but I don’t think that will hold in a post-Trump world. I don’t think the US will get back to the point it was at before Trump, but I think it will dip back below the China line. China is much less chaotic, but they’re also much more menacing on average.
For example, as bad as the US is, I don’t think it has ever set up police stations in foreign countries.
You might want to look at the hostiles of Mexico and South America.
Or, the other way, the NYPD stations in Israel.