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> And no, the US isn't "poised to withdraw from NATO". Nobody's even talking about that. Trump, the current president of the US, is. https://www.businessinside
by bloaf 2y ago
> And no, the US isn't "poised to withdraw from NATO". Nobody's even talking about that.
Trump, the current president of the US, is.
https://www.businessinsider.com/what-would-happen-us-leaves-nato-trump-2025-1?op=1 https://www.businessinsider.com/what-would-happen-us-leaves-...
Congress found the scenario credible enough to pass a law specifically making it more difficult for him to do unilaterally.
> But none of the things have happened yet, nor are there any signs they're immediately about to.
Proving the nonexistence of signs is not a position I would be willing to take as it is far too philosophically difficult to defend.
The reality is that both the Ukrainian and Iranian situations are far from an equilibrium; there don't need to be signs to know that dramatic changes are coming, we just can't tell what those changes will actually look like.
- crazygringo 2y agoYou said "poised". None of that is anywhere close to "poised". You're linking to an article describing a comment from 7 years ago. "A 2% chance of happening this year" (or even 10%) is not "poised".