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Debate grows over European and Muslim states' silence on US pressure

Original: Why aren't European & Muslim countries standing up to US bullying? Most of them are coerced client states of the US. The

Commentators are asking why European and Muslim-majority countries rarely push back against what critics call US bullying, arguing that most are dependent client states vulnerable to American economic retaliation. The discussion points to mechanisms such as investor-state dispute settlement rules, which critics say allow Washington to threaten and punish countries that defy US demands, leaving governments unwilling to openly oppose American policy despite public frustration.

Why now: US foreign policy and economic coercion of allies are under renewed scrutiny amid current geopolitical tensions

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• Why aren't European & Muslim countries standing up to US bullying? Most of them are coerced client states of the US. The US can literally destroy their economies if they don't do as they're told. See how the US uses threat & retribution on countries around the globe: Eg, ISDS:… · DrALJONES · 15

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