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Russian ruling class is very oldschool and only considers USA equal enemy (though their performance in Ukraine shows any larger NATO army would destroy them alo
by glogla 5y ago
Russian ruling class is very oldschool and only considers USA equal enemy (though their performance in Ukraine shows any larger NATO army would destroy them alone). So the deterrence is probably better with specifically US troops.
- vkou 5y agoThat's not the reason for this. The reason for this is that it makes it far more difficult for NATO to not carry out it's defensive obligations when you get invaded, and US forces are automatically involved in the fight. US presence on the DMZ if why it would immediately be involved in a restarted Korean war, and the lack thereof is why it will think long and hard before getting involved in a China-Taiwan conflict.
- waffleiron 5y agoIt's always funny to me that the Korean border is called a DMZ, when it's very far from "de-militarized" :)