I support NATO, in the sense that if NATO dissolved Europe would get eaten like a three-course meal by Russia. Ukraine shows that all too clearly. it has many problems, though.

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 3 points 5 days ago (28 children)

There's no evidence of this, though. Scaremongering about Russia taking Paris and whatnot has no economic backing. Russia has been clear about why it invaded Ukraine, it wants to demillitarize it as it was cozying up to NATO, and NATO has been encircling Russia for decades. If NATO didn't exist, there would be no reason for the Russo-Ukrainian war to begin with, as Russia doesn't stand to gain much, if anything, economically.

[–] zakobjoa@lemmy.world -1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

This thing that keeps happening to a lot of the countries around Russia that are not in NATO? Completely wouldn't happen if no one was in NATO.

Sure.

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 4 points 4 days ago

If NATO didn’t exist, there would be no reason for the Russo-Ukrainian war to begin with, as Russia doesn’t stand to gain much, if anything, economically.

What reason do you think is behind the war?

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