From what I understand, Trump alone could not make the US leave NATO. And despite how despicable some Republicans are, I think he’s made enough enemies within his own party to never see that actually happen.
For those that want to break everything, this is a feature, not a bug. The magats would rather send the world into the toilet rather than not be able to “own the libs” (and women, and POC, and LGBTQ and immigrants, and anyone with one iota more education than them, etc.).
Good, then NATO can charge the US with war crimes since they will no longer be an ally. Get fucked
I would gladly watch all of our politicians get charged with war crimes. I can only dream.
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Perhaps the Americans leaving NATO turns out to be the thing that prevents WW3. We will only know this if WW3 starts in a similar manner to WW1 with all the alliances.
Thinking the U.S. leaving NATO might stop World War III is kind of missing the point. Back in World War I, yeah, complex alliances dragged everyone into a mess. But NATO? It’s a whole different beast. It’s all about keeping peace by making it clear that messing with one member is like picking a fight with the whole gang. It’s more of a big, collective “back off” sign to anyone thinking of starting trouble.The U.S. being part of NATO actually helps keep things calm. It’s like having a really strong friend in the neighborhood who helps make sure nobody starts any fights. So, saying the U.S. leaving NATO could prevent a global war is kinda backwards. NATO’s there to prevent wars, not start them.
Military alliances factored into the world war because there were two of them of similar strength and size. There is no military alliance that is of similar strength to NATO that would be reasonably able to pick a fight with it. About CSTO or a potential Russia-China alliance, if they mattered and worked, there’d be Chinese or Kyrgyz or whatever troops in Ukraine.
If NATO is severely weakened or dissolved, that levels the playing field a bit more. Especially since not all NATO members are nuclear powers. Combining that with the batshit warmongering leadership of some countries, that would cause an escalation in the war in Europe.
You ever consider why China is building aircraft carriers now, when previously they had no need, as their interests were limited to places they could access by land?
