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Well no, that's factually false. Every NATO member can deny the entry of any country in NATO. So, the US, Germany and France absolutely have the right to decide
by sudosysgen 5y ago
Well no, that's factually false. Every NATO member can deny the entry of any country in NATO. So, the US, Germany and France absolutely have the right to decide their defense strategy doesn't involve being part of NATO.
- nickpp 5y agoPlease reread my post, I never said that.
- sudosysgen 5y agoYes, you did. You said, in context, that no organisation had the right to decide the defense policy of the post Soviet states with regard to NATO. That's not true.
- nickpp 5y agoI said the Eastern countries had the right to align their defense strategy to NATO's policy and values, even if for joining they had to meet certain requirements. But the decision to apply or not was theirs and other NATO members welcomed them exactly because that was conforming to NATOs values and principles. Most tellingly, these were countries that were in a similar treaty before with Russia - the Warsaw Pact. The one that crushed the Prague Spring. They knew exactly what the difference between the two treaties were.