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Re:Finland and Sweden set to join NATO as soon as summer by ceejayoz on Monday April 11, 2022 @03:22PM (#30993455)
> For instance, some countries did participate in wars on the side of NATO even though they are not even a part of the alliance.

Well, now you're arguing something entirely different - that NATO will rope you in without being a member. Hard to say it's a downside of joining if it happens anyways.

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Re:Finland and Sweden set to join NATO as soon as summer by ghostwriter on Monday April 11, 2022 @03:25PM (#30993491)
yes, I'm asking because there's a valid growing sentiment with an element of truth in it that NATO without the US military influence is not a potent alliance.
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Re:Finland and Sweden set to join NATO as soon as summer by ceejayoz on Monday April 11, 2022 @03:35PM (#30993644)
No, you said this:

> if NATO gets into a conflict with China over Taiwan, there's a highly chance that Finland and Sweden would have to send their troops to fight and die there too

Nothing in NATO's organization or the Treaty itself supports that assertion; in fact, it explicitly says otherwise.

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