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Re:Statement by Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, the Nethe... by thatguy0900 on Sunday January 18, 2026 @11:52AM (#46669435)
I would so much rather use arm twisting in background political discourse to open and public threats of military invasion on a nato ally. Those two are really not even comparable
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Re:Statement by Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, the Nethe... by alephnerd on Sunday January 18, 2026 @11:55AM (#46669467)
The end result is the same - we have committed for 15 years now that we are pivoting East. And given some of the recent announcements in both the US and China, I think 2028 is going to be a very bleak year.

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> In one scenario nato breaks up...

It doesn't matter if we are in a US-China war WHICH HAS BEEN MY AND EVERY NATSEC STAFFER'S POINT SINCE 2009.

We do not care about Russia - you guys can easily handle them yourselves. On the other hand, you guys cannot support us in Kinmen, Luzon, Yonaguni, or Gageodo.

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Re:Statement by Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, the Nethe... by thatguy0900 on Sunday January 18, 2026 @11:58AM (#46669510)
It's not? In one scenario nato breaks up and us becomes the pariah of the west led by a emboldened king and in the other it does not
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