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Libya and Kosovo and Iraq all say "hi!" (All three were subject to, ahem, "special military operations" by explicitly NATO troops in the last 30 years.) But yo
by erichocean 5y ago
Libya and Kosovo and Iraq all say "hi!" (All three were subject to, ahem, "special military operations" by explicitly NATO troops in the last 30 years.)
But you're right of course: NATO is supposed to be purely defensive. In practice, though, not so much.
In fact, as I write this, NATO members are providing weapons to Ukraine despite no NATO member being attacked, or threatened with attack. Yet another "special military operation" for NATO in the last 30 days. At least it's for a good cause…
- NicoJuicy 5y agoHi, A multi-state NATO-led intervention is not NATO. Iraq was wrong and for Libya and Kosovo there were plausible indications for actual peacekeeping missions. Since both had severe issues at the time, which weren't solved in case of Libya. One of the things is that US ( after 9/11) had their own reasons for overdoing "war on terrorism". Which I do in fact don't agree with as with many others then - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protests_against_the_Iraq_War https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protests_against_the_Iraq_War ( it triggered the largest protest in the world . I joined the protest 2 times as 16 year old fyi ) But again, that is not NATO and they don't trigger any article. Note: Kosovo indeed wants to say hi, concerning NATO membership - https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/kosovo-parliament-urges-government-start-nato-membership-bid-2022-03-03/ https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/kosovo-parliament-urges...
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