• Diplomjodler@lemmy.world
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    5 days ago

    Exactly. Also, Europe can and likely will start its own defensive alliance sooner or later. But with the US constituting more than half the military power of NATO right now, that won’t amount to much other than keeping the Russians in check.

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      5 days ago

      Ah, so the issue is that NATO, in order to be effective, is very much dependent on the US being in it. Bother.