Re:Chernobyl power plant captured by Russian forces
by aszen on Thursday February 24, 2022 @03:51PM
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I think it's very naive to think that us invaded afganistan to protect itself or prevent similar attacks. It was pure irrational vengeance by bush.
It may follow their protocols but by no means you can consider invading and occupying a foreign country for 20 years as defensive.
In effect u cannot call nato a defensive organization by their involvement in wars where no defense was required
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Re:Chernobyl power plant captured by Russian forces
by GavinMcG on Thursday February 24, 2022 @05:25PM
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You're looking at it in retrospect, but decisions to involve NATO in responding to an attack on a member aren't made with the benefit of hindsight.
Re:Chernobyl power plant captured by Russian forces
by jgraettinger1 on Thursday February 24, 2022 @05:33PM
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> us invaded afganistan to protect itself
... is a very different thing than ...
> occupying a foreign country for 20 years
When NATO invaded the towers were still smoking, the war-on-terror intelligence apparatus had yet to be built, and we (I) had no idea whether another attack was forthcoming. It felt pretty damn reasonable at the time.