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To: RandFan

Um ... no.

When the USSR collapsed and it was clear it wasn’t coming back NATO should have shuttered. We shouldn’t be in the business of enforcing the peace.


151 posted on 04/24/2022 7:12:03 PM PDT by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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To: Rurudyne

The dirty little secret is that NATO wasn’t intended to protect Europe from the Soviet Union. It was designed to protect Europe from GERMANY … by giving the U.S. and Great Britain an excuse to maintain a benign military presence there in perpetuity.


216 posted on 04/24/2022 8:04:12 PM PDT by Alberta's Child ("Mr. Potato Head ... Mr. Potato Head! Back doors are not secrets.")
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