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> Being a "defensive pact" does not exclude preventing genocide next to it's borders. Actually, it does. Kosovo and Iraq are clear evidence that NATO is not a
by denton-scratch 5y ago
> Being a "defensive pact" does not exclude preventing genocide next to it's borders.
Actually, it does. Kosovo and Iraq are clear evidence that NATO is not a defensive pact. Neither attack was preceded by a judicial ruling that genocide was occurring (and genocide is very difficult to prove).
I'm afraid those attacks seriously undermined NATO's moral authority as a "defensive pact".
- agapon 5y agoAFAIK, the Iraq invasion had nothing to do with NATO. It was done by the US with some NATO (and non-NATO) countries joining it. For example, France was strongly opposed.
- denton-scratch 5y agoNod. Substitute Kosovo/Serbia for Iraq.