Question in title. Just wondering as I saw France had proposed an initiative to withdraw because of the US’ shenanigans…

  • Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz
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    14 hours ago

    NATO is bad tho, because it allows the US to draw other countries into our imperialist wars and allows its members to threaten non-members with reletive impunity.

    To quote Blinken “If you’re not at the table, you’re on the menu”. A NATO without America could be benign tho.

    • ji59@hilariouschaos.com
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      13 hours ago

      I wouldn’t say it’s that bad. NATO is only defensive, so other members have no obligation to join US wars. I admit, NATO conditions can be used to pressure members, but since everyone is hating attack on Iran or Venezuela, the influence isn’t that big. And sometimes the members fight even against each other in proxy wars, for example US vs Turkey in Syria.