• red_green_black@slrpnk.net
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    2
    arrow-down
    2
    ·
    16 hours ago

    Remember folks NATO was always dominated by the US. So no matter who is in the chair policy will be directed at keeping the US happy

    • Buffalox@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      5
      ·
      edit-2
      15 hours ago

      Nope not anymore, several NATO allies supported Greenland with troops to protect against a US invasion.
      This of course pissed off Trump.
      EU of which many member countries are also NATO members, threatened USA with using the Bazooka, and anti coercion instrument that was originally made to defend against coercion attempts from China.
      This Bazooka if used, could dramatically undermine US economy.
      This warning of course also pissed off Trump.
      I think it’s pretty safe to say that Europe and very much Canada too, are tired of pleasing Trump.
      But for some reason Rutte hasn’t got the memo, or more likely he didn’t understand it.
      And now Trump is pissed off because NATO allies won’t let USA use their airbases for the illegal unprovoked war with threats of genocide that Trump entered without a plan, and without notifying NATO allies.

      • red_green_black@slrpnk.net
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        1
        ·
        11 hours ago

        Tired yes but the current structure of NATO has it where if the US got the boot the Institution would than collapse and have to be rebuilt from the ground up.

        On the Greenland situation while Trump was pissed the more Imperialist Faction of the administration (the political figures that like to keep the Western Institutions that the US built) rather like Europe making use of their own military to defend their respective sphere (which included Green Land for obvious reasons) as doing so means the US has more assets to bomb Iran and such.

        • Buffalox@lemmy.world
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          1
          ·
          4 hours ago

          if the US got the boot the Institution would than collapse

          Yes which is why in reality NATO has already collapsed, it’s just not been dissolved yet.
          But we can’t trust USA to lead NATO anymore. Are you aware that if a NATO operation were to happen in the middle east, USA would have control of the British nukes?
          Obviously we can’t allow that.

          as doing so means the US has more assets to bomb Iran and such.

          That is pure fantasy, USA has not redirected anything from the arctic or Greenland to be used against Iran.