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For me it does make tones of sense as I, as a European, have understood that NATO is not a peace bringing organization. They _are_ interested and motivated by w
by purututu 4y ago
For me it does make tones of sense as I, as a European, have understood that NATO is not a peace bringing organization. They _are_ interested and motivated by war. NATO is not my friend.
- gus_massa 4y agoNATO is a "If you don't want to be invaded by the Soviet Union, hire a friend with nuclear weapons." organization. There are some interesting questions like how much in the entry and annual fee to keep the friendship.
- purututu 4y agoyou are putting NATO in a very nice light, which to my eyes it doesn't deserve. there are many example for it of breaking international laws, i.e. in Cosovo. it helps breaking down the world in black and white to understand complex matters, but I wouldn't exactly paint the NATO white.
- sorokod 4y agoFinland and Sweden are keen to join Nato. What is their motivation in your opinion?
- purututu 4y agoI'd love to know the reason why they want to join! I would assume through some sort of pressure, but I am only guessing now.
- gus_massa 4y agoI don't discard pressure because Americans do that all the time. Anyway, for Finland, they lost 9% of their territory in 1940 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winter_War https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winter_War and they may be afraid of other invasion. For Sweden I have no idea. But after playing a Risk-like game with ships for too many years while I was young, I think that https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gotland https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gotland is a nice place.
- purututu 4y agoValid reasons! What alternative however could they consider to NATO? So to protect their own interests, Sweden's and Finland's, they need to join a, to my eyes, warmongering organization.