Wait im so confused by this. How do they think it works? I know how it works but can't figure out how they think it works.
: Congratulations Puerto Rico, we have defeated the vile Spanish and freed you from their vile tyranny!
: So we're free to be an independent nation right?: 
Funny how you can replace Puerto Rico and Spanish with other examples and it still works
Also: don’t look at Iraq or Afghanistan or Syria or anywhere where America has waged war, because you won’t see a prosperous trading partner.
If you look closely enough, you just might see a military base or two.
If you believe in something hard enough, it becomes real, right? Isn't that that whole Idealism thing we are trying to harness?
Reminder that two thirds of developing nations have been sanctioned by the United States.
Though not the entire country in a lot of those cases, but officials or other individuals within those countries, so it's not exactly true.
Remember that "targeted sanctions" don't exist. When a leader or industry in a country is sanctioned, that sanction applies to the whole supply chain.
"Targeted sanctions" are about as harmless as pulling just a single link out of a bike chain.
I'm just saying it's not the whole country, not that it isn't harmful or even that it doesn't impact a lot of the country (and its trading partners)
Oh no, you're doing better than us economically? Time for a backstabbing!
What country has the PRC defeated and turned into a tributary exactly? Not Tibet, Vietnam, India or Korea, and that's all I can think of for military conflicts. Only one of these flags pursues foreign conquest. Does the stupid meme maker think China is still run by the Ming Dynasty? Or is being a tributary when you sign voluntary trade agreements that disadvantage western powers?
