• suoko
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    9 hours ago

    Wasn’t NATO supposed to offer protection?

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      8 hours ago

      If you still haven’t noticed, NATO really is mostly an US tool for power projection in Europe and the surrounding areas. It does cosplay as a defensive alliance against Russia, but without the US, there isn’t that much to it. Especially as long as the US is a member and can prevent NATO from actually defending against Russia.

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        7 hours ago

        We all know that but it should still be the main actor (NATO) the one who speaks, not its main member. A single member thought should be just ignored legally speaking

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          34 minutes ago

          The alternative to NATO is the EU, which is also a defensive alliance, does not include the US and has a lot of power outside of military matters. The only larger downside is that the UK is not a member, but other then that it is a much better tool.