I get what it was, back in like the 50s or whenever it started. A mutual defense agreement against the USSR and its satellites in the Warsaw Pact.
These days? Yeah, sure, Putin is no peacenik (see his "annexation" of Crimea half a decade back) but even if he wanted to trying to send tanks across all of Eastern Europe would hopefully provoke a mass response to stop that, NATO or no (though, given how everyone didn't do much beside wring their hands when he did take over Crimea, I have my doubts. Of course, given that NATO and the UN just joined in the hand wringing, they demonstrated their functional uselessness too).
About the only thing actually accomplished by NATO seems to be making the US to pay to maintain military bases in other countries whose "enlightened" citizens constantly go on about how the US spends too much on the military. And, frankly, I agree, lets slash the military budget by starting with all those oversees bases.... oh, wait, that was tried a couple years ago and led to more mass outrage from the "enlightened".
About the only thing actually accomplished by NATO seems to be making the US to pay to maintain military bases in other countries
Yeah that's how I see it. Basically "let's see how long we can go without adequately advancing our country's ability to defend itself. We can just outsource it, it'll be fine." Most of them dont even pay what they are supposed to, it's such a joke.
What is the purpose of NATO, anyway?
I get what it was, back in like the 50s or whenever it started. A mutual defense agreement against the USSR and its satellites in the Warsaw Pact.
These days? Yeah, sure, Putin is no peacenik (see his "annexation" of Crimea half a decade back) but even if he wanted to trying to send tanks across all of Eastern Europe would hopefully provoke a mass response to stop that, NATO or no (though, given how everyone didn't do much beside wring their hands when he did take over Crimea, I have my doubts. Of course, given that NATO and the UN just joined in the hand wringing, they demonstrated their functional uselessness too).
About the only thing actually accomplished by NATO seems to be making the US to pay to maintain military bases in other countries whose "enlightened" citizens constantly go on about how the US spends too much on the military. And, frankly, I agree, lets slash the military budget by starting with all those oversees bases.... oh, wait, that was tried a couple years ago and led to more mass outrage from the "enlightened".
Yeah that's how I see it. Basically "let's see how long we can go without adequately advancing our country's ability to defend itself. We can just outsource it, it'll be fine." Most of them dont even pay what they are supposed to, it's such a joke.
Part of me wants for US to pull out of NATO just to pull the pant out from those smug fucking Europeans.
Another pant of me finds it funny that thanks to NATO the entirety of Europe is essentially the US' geopolitical bitch.
the most beautiful thing about this comment is your unawarness of being occupied by nato yourself.