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> Certainly not the EU Norway isn't in EU
by type0 6y ago
> Certainly not the EU
Norway isn't in EU
- threatofrain 6y agoFor strategic and trade purposes, isn't Norway tightly aligned to the EU despite non-membership? I interpret this as corralling both internal and EU support.
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- type0 6y agoIt's a member of European Economic Community, the predecessor to EU. Norway will probably ask NATO for help to launch contra cyber attacks.
- TheNorthman 6y agoNorway is a part of EFTA, EEA and the Schengen agreement, so they're bound pretty tightly with the EU. I wouldn't, however, interpret any actions from Norway as having any form of EU support, unless it's explicitly mentioned.
- EdwinLarkin 6y agoAnd I have not suggested it is. Realistically the only power in the region capable of standing up to Russia is the EU. Norway could not do it even if it wanted to.
- bluGill 6y agoNorway has enough friends they believe they can count on. They are probably right.
- unixhero 6y agoNorway does not need the region. Norway is part of the NATO pact. Russia knows it. Sticks and stones will eventually come into play, aka realpolitik. The US will intervene as long as that dipshit president does not manage to stumble into the way.
- speedgoose 6y agoNATO is brain dead.
- unixhero 6y agoNATO is realpolitik. It might be that you don't know its origins, what it represents and what its mechanisms are. I recommend you study it. And by the way: It goes both ways. The defence pact is reciprocal. When the US is attacked, all members of NATO are obliged to contribute for its defense and offense as well. It is not a one way thing where the US only contributes one direction. It is most certainly NOT braindead. You Sir, are wrong.
- DiogenesKynikos 6y agoAbove commenter is quoting Emmanuel Macron.[1] Macron called the alliance "brain dead" after Turkey, a NATO member, invaded Syria, attacking Kurdish forces backed by Turkey's NATO allies. 1. https://youtu.be/yo5Zw4XdAfQ https://youtu.be/yo5Zw4XdAfQ
- unixhero 6y agoI see. Without context, I didn't follow. Thank you.
- speedgoose 6y agoYes sorry, I should have been being more explicit that I was approximately citing Macron.