BigMela2onin
Trusted Member
Maybe you misunderstood my point? My point was that no one who switched sides to the west after the cold war benefitted from it. The only nation that you mentioned that did was Ukraine; I argue that they did not benefit and have been irreparably harmed by the switch. Some will blame Russia for the harm which is a reasonable view, but in my opinion, the plan was to use Ukraine as cannon fodder all along.First of all, most of the heavy sanctions were lifted once aready...so saying sanctions will never be lifted is a fallacy by historical proof.....
As far as Vietnam and Surinam and other East Asian countries, and even the GCC, why would they switch sides if they're benefiting from the West so greatly?....where would they go? Towards China? Who else would give them this much economic lift? The answer is no one.
My other point is that the west doesn't even want Iran to switch sides and would rather destroy it. They have an active comprador bloc in power that wants to sell the country out and rather than work with them, they tore up the deal they made and bombed the country. Dealing with the reformists and empowering them would help them push out political opponents and eventually when khamenei dies they could peacefully coup IR. But they prefer war and an unstable/destroyed Iran to a friendly one.




