Why didn't they just let russia in nato?
It would solve a ton of issues and people would just get along isnce they were part of something greater.
Why didn't they just let russia in nato?
Evan Phillips
Nathan Baker
nato should become part of russia or the new soviet union
Ryan Smith
America didn't want to share the top spot of the food chain
Gb2 leftypol, mentally ill tranny.
Chase Fisher
we invited them in 2009 but they said no
Lucas Bennett
Yeah, but like, they aren't part of the North Atlantic, so yeah... sorry Russian bros...
Christian Russell
Because it's just as stupid as letting Hungry in the EU all they would do is distabilize their old rivals.
Any one who thinks different is a moron
Aiden Collins
Russia trying to join NATO would be like this
>Hello do you want to be considered equal to countries such as Albania (3m pop.), Estonia (1m), Iceland (300k)
>No we Russia we stronk 6000 nukes special treatment or else
Adrian Bell
america is part of it, plus it'll be one step close to a world alliance
Levi Sullivan
the war against russia is a war for its resources
the people who rule over the world (jewish merchant families) escaped europe so they would not split their riches with the church and the autocracy. what makes you think they will want to split the profits from all the resources that the russian land has?
Jordan Powell
Probably because of muh democracy and the prospect of them abusing member powers
Adrian James
We should manifest destiny starting from Alaska and keep heading west until we hit Moscow and then some. That would be cool.
Leo Brooks
And? NATO is US led from the beginning and that has served Europe much better than they would ever admit. The difference in power and influence, military or not, between US and Russia isn't even remotely comparable. In a few years even Poland would have a larger economy
Josiah Thompson
>the war against russia
Cries an expat who doesn't want to go live in his alleged promised land, as he strikes you.
Joseph Harris
Why would we want a world alliance?
Jeremiah Collins
have no idea what are you trying to say, hohljuk
Christopher Hughes
NATO was created for the only reason of opposing the Warsaw Pact countries, i.e USSR and now Russia
Elijah Watson
NATO would struggle to define its purpose with Russia as a member. Letting them in would have almost been the same as dissolving NATO, in a way.
Brandon Barnes
What do you mean by "treated equal" and "special treatment"?
Got any specific NATO stipulations you think we'd want to ignore?
Juan Smith
NATO wasn't formed before the Warsaw Pact?
Josiah Jenkins
countries having issues would be in the same vein as two neighbours bickering and there would be less wars if any, less casualties since you could just move around bad neighbours with ease, same laws to follow, less bureaucracy
Nathan Robinson
It was but it doesn't really matter since it's just a bunch of countries orbiting around Russia and the US.
The whole point is NATO exists to prevent us from a full blown chimpout in Europe.
If it was a truly "totally not against Russia" alliance they'd have Brazil/Thailand/Congo/any other country that needs protection
Elijah King
>NATO strives to secure a lasting peace in Europe, based on common values of individual liberty, democracy, human rights and the rule of law.
Very Russia compatible then
Kayden Powell
>If it was a truly "totally not against Russia" alliance they'd have Brazil/Thailand/Congo/any other country that needs protection
Yeah but the premise was a reaction to world war 2 and the mass destruction that occured. Also what enemy does Brazil need protection from?
Caleb Williams
>to prevent us from a full blown chimpout in Europe
do you really need to do that, though?
Josiah Reyes
Very funny, unless you're currently planning to kick US out of it (or at least Turkey) please provide precise articles and conditions that we'd be breaking and also the motive that we'd have for breaking them.
Because our inclusion into NATO would remove the current problem of the alliance being used as a staging ground against us.
Excessive peace would then remove the need for at least some of the obscene defence spending for your overlord, so it didn't come to pass of course.
There's one alternative that would maintain the spending and that's full transition from anti-Russian nature of the alliance to an anti-Chinese one.
In a way it's fortunate that this option didn't come to pass either cause we'd be the only NATO member with a huge land border with them, maybe even playing the same role that Ukraine is currently playing against us in a conflict vs China.
Grayson Garcia
If I were an admiral, I wouldn't let Russian command get anywhere near my own men for any joint operation, real or training, after this. Considering the Warsaw Pact track record, NATO membership wouldn't stop Russia from chimping out on its "allies" anyway.