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NATO members are now largely

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meeting their own commitments. Now 22 - up from only 9 a while back.

AP article (Open in New Window)

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That hovering UFO confirms my suspicions about who really runs things. * - Billy Wonka 12:38:20 07/13/24 (0)
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RE: NATO members are now largely - Mike B. 10:06:40 07/13/24 (3)
I imagine the main motivator has been the threats from Putin and the war in Ukraine
- Not to gave Trump too much credit - Feanor 04:16:11 07/17/24 (0)
  But the former and prospective POTUS' distain for NATO has been another motivational factor for other members.
  
  As NATO Secretary General, Jens Stoltenberg, made clear at NATO 75th anniversary celebrations European members are acutely aware of threats from Russia and affiliates even if Donald Trump admires their authoritarian leaders.
  
  Dmitri Shostakovich
- I'm delighted they are finally deciding to foot some of the bill! -nt - E-Stat 10:13:16 07/13/24 (1)
  - I should have added........ - Mike B. 10:44:44 07/13/24 (0)
    The threats to invade Taiwan have been a big motivator as well. South Korea, The Phillipines, Japan, and OZ have all increased military spending and preparedness. They would need to take North Korea out quickly as well if China starts are war in the region.
If EU and Nato were effective or productive, they would have prevented the war in Ukraine - Jazz Inmate 07:19:41 07/13/24 (11)
Why does NATO even exist? It was a response to the USSR, which Gorbachev disbanded in the '80s. So why wasn't NATO disbanded in the '80s? By clinging to cold war mentality, the west incentivized Russia to return to USSR tactics.
- Because nobody in easter Europe trusted Russia - Feanor 13:39:38 07/13/24 (0)
  They had Stalin and before the centuries of the Tsarist empire.
  
  Seems they were right to be concerned.
  
  Dmitri Shostakovich
- "which Gorbachev disbanded..." He did? - Victor Khomenko 08:06:41 07/13/24 (7)
  Bummer... I missed that.
  I stopped being surprised at how little... virtually nothing... the Westerners know about their enemy.
  
  Edits: 07/13/24
  - That's OK, Victor. We're all surprised about how you're stuck. . . - Chris from Lafayette 00:23:22 07/17/24 (0)
    . . . in the early 80's. Or maybe the mid 30's is more like it!
  - Technically what was left of the parliament voted to disband it NT - Jazz Inmate 11:14:48 07/13/24 (1)
    - If you changed your name and bought some new cloth... - Victor Khomenko 12:49:51 07/13/24 (0)
      ...would you become a different man?
  - Russian casualties? - Jay Buridan 10:10:07 07/13/24 (1)
    Not that British intelligence can be trusted.
    
    "Horse sense is the thing a horse has which keeps it from betting on people. "
    ― W.C. Fields
    - 70,000 casualties in 60 days (Open in New Window)
    - You can't imagine - Victor Khomenko 10:21:27 07/13/24 (0)
      A normal human brain is incapable of understanding what is happening there. It is beyond surrealistic.
  - What's worse? - Steve O 09:42:18 07/13/24 (1)
    Those same "westerners" loudly proclaim they possess special insight . . . Kinda as we see here.
    - And they do possess it... just not when it comes to world affairs. nt - Victor Khomenko 10:11:24 07/13/24 (0)
      .
- If you recall, Ukraine is not a member state - E-Stat 07:31:42 07/13/24 (0)
  And Putin's shenanigans have added two Nordics to join.
- Hey, whaddya know? We agree on something! Got this day circled on the old calendar. - ghost of olddude55 07:28:30 07/13/24 (0)
  NATO should have gone out of existence once the Warsaw Pact did likewise.
  Pushing our outdated military alliance right up the banks of the Volga River was bound to provoke a response. Just imagine if the Soviet Union admitted Mexico to the Warsaw Pact? Really, we don't even need to imagine, just think about the Cuban Missile Crisis.
  Why should US soldiers be on the hook for Latvia? Or Latvian soldiers for us? It's beyond ridiculous.
  
  The blissful counterstroke-a considerable new message.
  
  Edits: 07/13/24

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