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Only if France and the UK did as well if the goal is to remove the chance of nuclear powers shooting at each other. The goal of NATO, as I recall, was to defen
by jleyank 5y ago
Only if France and the UK did as well if the goal is to remove the chance of nuclear powers shooting at each other. The goal of NATO, as I recall, was to defend Europe and give Germany such a warm fuzzy that they didn't feel they have to rearm. The last 4 times they did so were, umm, messy.
And perhaps the biggest fallout from Ukraine (aside from the undesired fallout itself) was Germany announcing rearmament and its neighbours thinking it cool.
- dragonwriter 5y ago> The goal of NATO, as I recall, was to defend Europe and give Germany such a warm fuzzy that they didn't feel they have to rearm. Germany was still under occupation. It was more to give Britain and France a warm fuzzy feeling.
- NonEUCitizen 5y agofrom: https://www.dw.com/en/60-years-of-nato-1949-1989/a-4144009 https://www.dw.com/en/60-years-of-nato-1949-1989/a-4144009 In the words of its first Secretary General Lord Ismay, NATO was formed to “keep the Americans in, the Russians out and the Germans down.”