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Re:Ukraine Conflict Live Map by dragonwriter on Tuesday February 22, 2022 @06:09PM (#30435182)
> what NATO is even supposed to be doing in the 21st century 30 years after its raison d'être evaporated

NATO raison d’être was providing a shared framework for European security and preventing another general war in Europe, largely by tying West Germany into a durable common framework with other European powers.

It would be rendered redundant if replaced with a common EU security framework, but not by the collapse of Soviet bloc.

Re:Ukraine Conflict Live Map by remarkEon on Tuesday February 22, 2022 @07:20PM (#30435830)
Yes, precisely, and "West Germany" is now simply "Germany". I'm not sure what point you're making.

>It would be rendered redundant if replaced with a common EU security framework, but not by the collapse of Soviet bloc.

I've seen this repeated in a dozen different places, and I can't parse what it even means. Alliances come and go. That's just the normal course of history.