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Brazil Says No to U.S. Control Over Strategic Minerals
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It is a tactic, when the other doesn't know when you're being serious about your threats, you don't know when to actually defend.
Best not to underestimate him.
i think we overestimate him. the us' ability to hurt other countries was shown to be lacking when trump tried and failed to bully other countries economically. and then their altercations with iran and russia have shown them to be militarily weaker than everyone imagined.
it is a problem to deal with if you are a weak colony but i still don't think its getting to that.
I prefer to overestimate a buffoon one time too much than to be overran by a buffoon through underestimation.
i think this strategy of bravado is precisely for intimidation and obfuscation of what they are capable of. its still very much scary and dangerous, mind you, but its not as hopeless as some say.
they have already shown a few times they aren't as strong as everyone thought. i believe other countries have a good estimation of what the us is capable of at this point.