This is getting pretty ridiculous. Almost like a child throwing a tantrum. How does France expect to be taken seriously if it acts like a petulant child?
France Recalls Its Ambassadors to the U.S. and Australia over a Submarine Deal
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Re: France Recalls Its Ambassadors to the U.S. and Australia over a Submarine Deal
#22Is it just me or are there more off-topic political posts on HN lately?
Humans are the infrastructure on top of which technology runs.
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#23Is it just me or are there more off-topic political posts on HN lately?
It seems that the user base here has been deteriorating and the focus has been drifting away from the SV startup scene. I've also been noticing a growing political atmosphere that is in opposition to SV norms. A sign of the times probably, but I also suspect that HN's usefulness to Ycombinator is fading.
Re: France Recalls Its Ambassadors to the U.S. and Australia over a Submarine Deal
#24It looks like the vaunted experience of Biden and his team has not translated into any sort of deft policymaking, particularly in foreign policy. The messy pullout out of Afghanistan, followed by this scuttling of the deal in progress between Australia and France have reinforced the notion that Uncle Sam can not be relied upon, even by his closest allies. Pretty surefire way of helping fence-sitters become client sta…
Derna forever! EDIT: Sorry for the low-effort riffing. I was being wry. The U.S. won a decisive victory at Derna and, in the aftermath of the diplomatic resolution resulting from that victory, promptly abandoned our allies, without pay, in enemy territory. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Derna_(1805) It is my opinion that we are unreliable, and it's deeply painful when diplomats squander gains made at the c…
Re: France Recalls Its Ambassadors to the U.S. and Australia over a Submarine Deal
#25It is super laughable because the nuclear powered version that they are building for themselves was a fixed bid contract for something like 10 billion for 8 subs.. and the Australian contract keeps going up and up something like 35 billion for ten subs. The diesel sub for Australia is based on the nuclear sub that they signed the fixed bid contract for. Anybody with half brain can tell they are making up the lost of…
Re: France Recalls Its Ambassadors to the U.S. and Australia over a Submarine Deal
#26It looks like the vaunted experience of Biden and his team has not translated into any sort of deft policymaking, particularly in foreign policy. The messy pullout out of Afghanistan, followed by this scuttling of the deal in progress between Australia and France have reinforced the notion that Uncle Sam can not be relied upon, even by his closest allies. Pretty surefire way of helping fence-sitters become client sta…
As for countries deciding to not rely upon America, that has long been a desire, but the previous administration drove it home like a stake through the heart. Having lived outside of the US for most of the last five years I can’t fully express how far the US has fallen in the eyes of the world, and just how much of a joke we are these days.
Re: France Recalls Its Ambassadors to the U.S. and Australia over a Submarine Deal
#27Is it just me or are there more off-topic political posts on HN lately?
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#28[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mistral-class_amphibious_assau...
[1] https://www.reuters.com/article/us-france-russia-mistral-idU...
Re: France Recalls Its Ambassadors to the U.S. and Australia over a Submarine Deal
#29Is it just me or are there more off-topic political posts on HN lately?
It seems that the user base here has been deteriorating and the focus has been drifting away from the SV startup scene. I've also been noticing a growing political atmosphere that is in opposition to SV norms. A sign of the times probably, but I also suspect that HN's usefulness to Ycombinator is fading.
Re: France Recalls Its Ambassadors to the U.S. and Australia over a Submarine Deal
#30Is it just me or are there more off-topic political posts on HN lately?