• FatCrab@lemmy.one
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    4 months ago

    The issue with bitching about “NATO expansionism” is that at the end of the day it’s still an alliance that countries ask to be members of due to concerns about being invaded or attacked.

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      4 months ago

      and you forget the border requirements for being a NATO state. IIRC, you cant have any active border conflicts, so it should automatically prevent the whole “unwanted nato expansionism”

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      4 months ago

      countries ask to be members of

      Countries like Russia in the 90s, which was denied for some reason despite the fact that their president was literally installed by the CIA.

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        Countries like Russia in the 90s, which was denied for some reason

        Denied because Russia didn’t want to go through the usual application process. But keep peddling bullshit - it’s the only thing fascists have, after all.