• @[email protected]
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    814 hours ago

    Can NATO still mean something if the US leaves? I think so, but there is much soul searching to be done.

    • @[email protected]OP
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      1113 hours ago

      Sorta, but not really tbh. The US was always intrinsically backstopping the security side of things. Without us in it - and I mean this very seriously - it’s not really a credible threat to Russia or anyone else anymore.

      • @[email protected]
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        613 hours ago

        NATO article 5 will still have use in self defence, but obviously it will be way less impressive

        • @[email protected]
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          210 hours ago

          The article is only powerful if it’s enforced.

          I suspect that Putin’s direct report won’t really sign on to any sort of defense of European countries.