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Nato is a defensive alliance, why exactly does Russia need to stop it? NATO would never attack Russia, a nuclear power capable of ending the world as we know it
by rosndo 5y ago
Nato is a defensive alliance, why exactly does Russia need to stop it? NATO would never attack Russia, a nuclear power capable of ending the world as we know it.
> USA definitely had the plan for a war with cuba, but it luckily didn't happen
This is a really weird way to write “USA decided not to fight a war with Cuba”, everybody makes all kinds of plans.
- ajsnigrutin 5y agoLook... i live in the balkans... i had nato planes flying over my head, bombing a country <300 miles away... say what you want, but nato is far from just defense. Also, who was nato defending in afghanistan? Iraq? ...? And there's a difference between a "lets prepare, just in case if cuba attacks" and "let's make a false flag attack, and kill our own people, so we can attack cuba".
- nradov 5y agoNATO was defending the USA in Afghanistan. The 9/11 attacks were carried out by a terrorist organization sponsored by the government of Afghanistan. The alliance specifically invoked Article 5 the day after the attack.
- imwillofficial 5y ago
- rosndo 5y agoWhat direct action did NATO conduct in Iraq?
- nradov 5y agoStop lying. NATO didn't conduct any direct action in Iraq for the 2003 invasion and subsequent occupation. Some NATO members independently chose to join the US led coalition but others didn't. The alliance itself played no role. This is a basic matter of historical fact. https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/topics_51977.htm https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/topics_51977.htm
- rosndo 5y ago>Iraq NATO has has only engaged in non-combat missions in Iraq, in support of the local government. NATO has never fought in Iraq. The US is not NATO, it would do you well to do some basic research before throwing around misguided criticism.
- coldtea 5y ago>Nato is a defensive alliance Well, for a defensive alliance it sure has been on the offensive for the best part of 50 years
- rosndo 5y agoEven if you disagree about that, could you really imagine NATO attacking Russia? E: Unfortunately can’t reply below because of HN throttling, but yes, a month ago I moved several of my employees out of Ukraine because of Russian troop buildup on the border. Wars don’t start overnight, everyone who hadn’t buried their head in sand knew this was a likely outcome.
- ajsnigrutin 5y agoCould you really imagine russia attacking ukraine a month ago?
- jounker 5y agoHe said that he had already pulled out his Ukrainian employees. Not only did he believe, he just said that he believed strongly enough that he took concrete steps affecting other peoples lives.
- ajsnigrutin 5y agoHe edited his post after the reply
- cutemonster 5y agoPutin did already, year 2014