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–By announcing without warning the formation of a pact with Canberra and London, Joe Biden proves that his priority remains the interest of his country. Even if it means offending his allies as his predecessor was able to do.–
Can we change opponents without changing teammates? Shift the fronts and redraw the lines of fracture without rebuilding its alliances and defenses? The thunderous announcement of the new strategic pact between Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States, which has aroused the wrath of France, brings a categorical “no” to these questions. And proves to the few who still doubted it that America, whether led by Joe Biden, Donald Trump or George W. Bush, only has its own interests in mind or that which it perceives as such. Even if it means making mistakes with devastating consequences, in a burst of unilateralism which does not always speak its name, and not only for her. The Iraq war is the best contemporary illustration of this.
Not without a certain irony, as the Iraqi fiasco is no longer in doubt and his vote as a senator in favor of the 2003 invasion has been vigorously criticized, Joe Biden referred to Iraq to salute the depth of the alliance between Washington, London and Canberra. “Our nations and our brave armed forces have stood up shoulder to shoulder …
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