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Re:Finland will seek NATO membership immediately by denton-scratch on Thursday May 12, 2022 @12:31PM (#31356418)
> Being a "defensive pact" does not exclude preventing genocide next to it's borders.

Actually, it does. Kosovo and Iraq are clear evidence that NATO is not a defensive pact. Neither attack was preceded by a judicial ruling that genocide was occurring (and genocide is very difficult to prove).

I'm afraid those attacks seriously undermined NATO's moral authority as a "defensive pact".

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Re:Finland will seek NATO membership immediately by agapon on Thursday May 12, 2022 @04:42PM (#31359927)
AFAIK, the Iraq invasion had nothing to do with NATO. It was done by the US with some NATO (and non-NATO) countries joining it. For example, France was strongly opposed.
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Re:Finland will seek NATO membership immediately by denton-scratch on Friday May 13, 2022 @11:45AM (#31369114)
Nod. Substitute Kosovo/Serbia for Iraq.
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