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Foreign army in this context is just using a treaty you signed with an ally to request assistance. It’s as “foreign” as any NATO country’s army to another.
by HatchedLake721 5y ago
Foreign army in this context is just using a treaty you signed with an ally to request assistance.
It’s as “foreign” as any NATO country’s army to another.
- brnt 5y agoIt'd be very strange if the French government asks Germany or Nato to quell the gilet-jaunes demo, wouldn't it?
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- ReptileMan 5y agoAnd yet intelligence agencies routinely spy for one another to get around those pesky warrant and probable cause requirements.
- jevgeni 5y agoIt's almost like intelligence work and active military operations aren't the same thing...
- onlyrealcuzzo 5y agoAren't most people from Kazakhstan pretty anti Russia? Wouldn't this be more like Taiwan asking China to send in the army to help with a protest? Or Iraq asking Iran?
- sam_lowry_ 5y agoExcept that NATO countries are not run by tzars in their 70-ies whose only hope is to die quietly in bed, surrounded by elite killers.
- fivea 5y ago> It’s as “foreign” as any NATO country’s army to another. I don't believe your comparison is even remotely adequate. Could you point out an example of a NATO member requesting a military intervention from another NATO member in their own country to respond to protests? Because what we're seeing here is a blatant attempt by Russia to preserve Kazakhstan's regime by having foreign armed forces intervene against the nation's civilian population.
- KaiserPro 5y agoI think you are missing the point I doubt OP is _condoning_ the CSTO troops (who are more than just russia) coming to the president's aid. CSTO is not the same as NATO, but it is similar. There is a strategic alliance between Russia and the government of Kazakhstan. It is more than logical for the president to pull in troops to counteract their own troop's defection. Its not morally correct, but entirely logical, which I think OP was trying to say.
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- VictorPath 5y ago> Could you point out an example of a NATO member requesting a military intervention from another NATO member in their own country to respond to protests? The US militarily intervened in Europe 75 years ago and has bases in Germany, Italy etc. No need to have military come in for the first time since it is still there. Italy had NATO violently suppressing protests in Italy for years with Gladio.
- marcosdumay 5y agoAssistance against their own people. That's a big "nope". Using the military against one's own people is already a "nope", getting foreign assistance sounds exactly like a foreign invasion.
- vintermann 5y agoI'm not a fan of NATO, but usually they are a bit more subtle than inviting each other to quell each other's rebellions.