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Re:Japan Breaks with U.S. Allies, Buys Russian Oil at Prices... by bilekas on Monday April 03, 2023 @09:31AM (#35423240)
> Finland is insignificant from a geopolitical point of view. Its joining NATO only makes NATO less secure as a whole, rather than strenghtening it.

This makes zero sense. Please elaborate.

> The dollar relevance is degrading

Can you give some facts and figures to support this ? Because as I understand then the world would be tradin in multiple currencies for Oil&Gas.

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Re:Japan Breaks with U.S. Allies, Buys Russian Oil at Prices... by pastacacioepepe on Monday April 03, 2023 @09:36AM (#35423324)
> This makes zero sense. Please elaborate.

I did in another comment under this one. Would you elaborate on why the opposite would be true?

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Re:Japan Breaks with U.S. Allies, Buys Russian Oil at Prices... by bilekas on Monday April 03, 2023 @02:55PM (#35429405)
Lets keep thing simple : NATO ensures support from other members if your sovereignty is attacked.

Meaning you don't need to only depend on your own Military capabilities in order to protect your borders.

Finland joining makes Finland's borders a FAR more expensive attack than was previously.

> joining NATO only makes NATO less secure as a whole

NATO is not an offensive/invading force. It's a defensive force. If NATO had what you're referring to as a level of security, it has only increased due to more forces available to respond.

It's that simple.

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