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[–] 50 points 7 months ago* (5 children)

Literally no official channel from the US has asked NATO. (Rage tweets are not official) The US was not attacked so it can’t invoke article 5. No one from NATO needs to help this American war adventurism.

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  • [–] 16 points 7 months ago (4 children)

    No one from NATO needs to help this American war adventurism.

    Further to that, they all recognize the folly of the whole thing and don't want to get mired in the disaster that Trump has triggered.

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  • [–] 8 points 7 months ago (3 children)

    they all recognize the folly of the whole thing

    Oh I wouldn't be so sure about that. I mean I doubt NATO will get involved, but some individual countries might – there are a lot of reich-wing governments over on this side of the pond.

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago (1 child)

    but some individual countries might – there are a lot of reich-wing governments over on this side of the pond.

    Maybe, but how many of them have fired all their military strategists and historians?

    It should be obvious to most moderately intelligent people that this is a no win situation, unless they're prepared to genocide an entire country. And if they go down that route, they'll become a pariah nation.

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago

    It should be obvious to most moderately intelligent people

    This already disqualifies eg. the entire government of Finland, and we are absolutely not alone in this.

    The EU is already mulling expanding an existing Red Sea mission into the Gulf: https://apnews.com/article/eu-iran-shipping-hormuz-brussels-6360165465e302cbe05d2f27eafff145

    Conservatives (including literal neofascists) are in the majority in the European Parliament. Don't underestimate their capacity for stupidity and evil

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