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>Bush Sr promised that NATO wouldn't expand into the former Soviet Union Surely that was a decision to be made by the relevant countries themselves and not Bus
by temp 5y ago
>Bush Sr promised that NATO wouldn't expand into the former Soviet Union
Surely that was a decision to be made by the relevant countries themselves and not Bush Sr of the United States.
- hindsightbias 5y agoWhen the $21 Trillion EU puts their big boy pants on and form their own army, they can have agency (Serbia, Bosnia, Kosovo, Libya, Syria, etc, etc). Until then, the 900# red white & blue gorilla of NATO is driving. Folks don’t like it? Well, time to stop whistling “The Yanks Are Coming” every time they want to tussle with their neighborhood.
- nopenopenopeno 5y agoThat’s not how empires work
- hollerith 5y agoAny NATO member can veto the accession of a new member.
- GoodJokes 5y ago