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If Nato didn't exist, Western Europe could focus on building defending forces against Russia rather than spending their defense budget on expeditionary forces t
by MagnumOpus 5y ago
If Nato didn't exist, Western Europe could focus on building defending forces against Russia rather than spending their defense budget on expeditionary forces that need to tag along on American-led adventures like Iraq or Afghanistan.
- iab 5y agoHow would they effectively do that though without the cover of the US nuclear umbrella?
- bradleyjg 5y agoYou really think Germany couldn’t build all the nuclear weapons they wanted to?
- iab 5y agoI do think that - how would you go about testing them with a nuclear test-ban treaty in place? * Assuming that Germany remains responsible and doesn’t go NK route. Maybe that’s not reasonable. * also assume we are talking about modern thermonuclear weapons