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ErikTheAngry t1_ixk5mkp wrote

Reply to comment by Optimal_Start_4350 in Zelenskyy urges UN to act over airstrikes by FearfulAnomaly

NATO is a defensive alliance. Name one time NATO has failed any NATO members.

As much as I support military intervention within Ukraine, NATO as an organization needs to stay out of it.

It's dipshit moves like Yugoslavia that remove NATO's credibility as a defensive alliance that is otherwise harmless to anyone who is not trying to attack you.

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Arcanic_Soul t1_ixkndp1 wrote

Not only Yugoslavia but also intervention in Libya. Is it really a defence alliance at this point? Or just that the opponent this time is a nuclear power house and not some third world countries.

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ErikTheAngry t1_ixkygq5 wrote

Yes, Libya too. NATO did not need to lead the charge to impose the UN Security resolution, and should not have lead that charge.

Individual members, hell every single member, forming their own new coalition for the purpose? Yes, hell yes. But NATO only showed that it will offensively engage nations when it wills.

So although I roll my eyes when Russia says "but NATO!", I roll my eyes because they have nukes, not because they're making a false assertion about NATO being dangerous to their security.

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