Like what? Are they gonna nuke us? Because there's literally nothing else they can do.
Cut off trade? Thanks, that just makes the sanctions easier. Political action? They have nothing. Monetary actions? They've already been kicked out of our banking system. Military action? They can't even beat Ukraine.
"well sir, it's not just I, your lowely captain, saying that it would great to have food and not be outnumbered all the time. The great wise and ancient respected Sun Tsu also says it".
"If the honorable Sun Tsu says it, then let us gather some food immediately!"
I'd like to think it doesn't, but yeah, I can ALWAYS hear when a dutch person speaks english, so it probably does.
Also, "Dunglish" is one of funniest/worst accents.
I LOVED Ancillary Justice, but all the set up just falls kinda flat in the next books. Or at least, the rest is just... Not really in the same vibe? It's hard to explain..
The current administration prefers to call Russians who copy your secrets anything from "trusted partner" to "good friend", depending on the size of the bribe and/or the number of skeletons in the closet.
My downvote (not being a liberal) is mostly because you don't seem to understand that quite a few actual liberal also criticize(d) Obama for the drone strikes.
Don't forget massive corruption and slavery.