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'We won't put all our eggs in one basket,' foreign affairs minister says

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[–] FaceDeer@fedia.io 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

This isn't appeasement. It's right there in the quoted text, for crying out loud.

We have adults running Canada's foreign affairs. That means we won't be seeing idiotic Trump-style knee-jerk reactions like abruptly trying to go all-in with free trade agreements to other countries without any concern for nuance. Especially not countries like China, which want to be hegemons just as much as America does and would love to get its hooks into Canada this way.

But the moment any nuance gets introduced into Canada's reaction, the moment there's a speech that uses careful diplomatic language instead of gung-ho blithering about how bad we think Americans are, it gets this "Carney's caving! Appeasement!" Reaction. It's wearying.

[–] Quilotoa@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 day ago

I didn't say it was appeasement. I was simply saying that appeasement doesn't work, implying that we shouldn't let the threats affect policy. Should have added more detail.