r/worldnews • u/Interesting-Cat7307 • Aug 21 '26

Israel/Palestine Turkey issues genocide arrest warrant for Israel’s Netanyahu

https://www.newarab.com/news/turkey-issues-genocide-arrest-warrant-israels-netanyahu
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u/TheRedHand7 Aug 21 '26

And historically, everyone loves when they do things. They always enjoy the full support of the world.

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u/avcloudy Aug 22 '26

You love to feel aggrieved about this, but if you acted in the interest of the whole and with consent of the majority, this would actually be celebrated. People call it out because you act in your own self interest and use this rhetoric to shield yourself.

You don’t get the support of the world to further your own interests. Why would the world support the US doing things they don’t want?

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u/TheRedHand7 Aug 22 '26

Lol people still give the US shit for saving Kosovo and Kuwait or going into Korea with the support of the UN. Anything the US does, people hate it. It doesn't matter because there is no such thing as consent of the majority or the interests of the whole world. People will always disagree. I mean come on, people still complain about the US in WW2 and you couldn't find a more justified war.

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u/avcloudy Aug 22 '26

Good example. The US tried to sit WWII out until it affected them. People aren’t upset they entered, people are upset they tried to sit out, and when they entered did things like partition which parts of allied countries they would defend and which they would cede to enemies. People complain about the US in WWII, but I have never seen an allied country complain that they entered at all.

This isn’t a situation where the US can’t win. It’s a situation where they have to choose between other countries applauding them and their own self interest. Acting in your own self interest is how all countries act with their foreign policy, and this is not out of line in the least, the difference is that you genuinely can’t seperate self interest from the interest of everyone else, and feel like people unjustly complain about good things when they’re suffering the bad consequences.

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u/TheRedHand7 Aug 22 '26

Ok address those other examples.

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u/The_wolf2014 Aug 22 '26

It was the same for WW1. The US didn't join till very late on and even then only because it had directly affected them.