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Re:World military expenditure passes $2T for first time by dontlaugh on Tuesday April 26, 2022 @12:30PM (#31169525)
The governments of several countries did seek NATO membership, but the overall populations have generally been at best neutral or even against NATO.

Especially the occupying US bases are almost universally disliked.

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Re:World military expenditure passes $2T for first time by stoltzmann on Tuesday April 26, 2022 @12:46PM (#31169749)
Polls done in the 90s in the Eastern European countries provide a picture contrary to what you're claiming here. As an example - Poland (my home country), https://www.cbos.pl/SPISKOM.POL/2022/K_040_22.PDF - 60% of population willing to join NATO in 1999. Only 11% against. You also should consider that support for NATO today is at a level of 94%.
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Re:World military expenditure passes $2T for first time by trevorboaconstr on Tuesday April 26, 2022 @01:05PM (#31170044)
Your statement is contrary to the information I’m seeing. Can you provide an example, please?
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Re:World military expenditure passes $2T for first time by watwut on Tuesday April 26, 2022 @02:30PM (#31171250)
That is just not true.
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Re:World military expenditure passes $2T for first time by jskrablin on Tuesday April 26, 2022 @01:35PM (#31170488)
Most NATO members from East Europe/ex communist countries held referendums on NATO membership. And I can't recall a single state that would join NATO against the will of general population. Happy to be proven wrong if my memory failed me.
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