Latvia wants permanent U.S. troops, foreign minister tells Blinken

Re:Latvia wants permanent U.S. troops, foreign minister tell... by js8 on Monday March 07, 2022 @02:41PM (#30592399)

> Re-labelling the Europe-based part of the NATO forces as "EU Army" I'm afraid won't foul the Russians.

That's true, yes. But in an alternate reality, where NATO doesn't exist after Cold War, the European countries have built up their own defense (maybe shared to an extent to allow compatibility), and they create an ad-hoc pact based on situation presented, this would, I believe, give us better options to help defend Ukraine. And maybe, who knows, Putin wouldn't even go crazy being paranoid about NATO.

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Re:Latvia wants permanent U.S. troops, foreign minister tell... by Armisael16 on Monday March 07, 2022 @07:28PM (#30595103)

I think it’s far more likely that Europe would’ve continued down the path it had been on for centuries - war against itself.

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