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There is no open door policy with NATO. Russia and the Soviet union have tried to join NATO at least a few times publicly and were rejected every time. What's
by mushbino 5y ago
There is no open door policy with NATO. Russia and the Soviet union have tried to join NATO at least a few times publicly and were rejected every time.
What's the point of NATO again?
- lalaland1125 5y agoIn order to join NATO, one of the current requirements is having a liberal democratic government with civilian control over the military. Russia (and the old Soviet Union) didn't meet that requirement. Perhaps Russia should try transitioning to becoming a liberal democracy first?
- mushbino 5y agoConsidering how poorly neoliberalism has been doing, why should countries be forced to join otherwise risk becoming a target?
- lazide 5y agoThe point of NATO is exactly why Russia fears it - consolidated strength that makes it impossible to pick off member states one by one by a stronger power (namely Russia). Russia and the USSR weren’t invited because they explicitly were the threat.
- DeathArrow 5y agoSo if Iraq or Vietnam joined NATO would that defended them against US aggression?
- lazide 5y agoThey are not geographically contiguous or traditionally aligned with Western Europe and the US, and so would never be allowed to join. It’s basically a Western European ‘neighborhood watch’ that the US is also in as the representative for ‘the police’ (based on spending/contribution).
- mushbino 5y agoWhich part of the neighborhood watch were Libya, Afghanistan, and Yugoslavia?
- mushbino 5y agoWouldn't that explicitly prevent them from doing just that? Also, so far NATO has been used to bomb Yugoslavia and Libya. It appears it's NATO doing the picking off, doesn't it?