• @MyBrainHurts@lemmy.ca
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    54 months ago

    Yeah, they’ve pretty strongly turned from recent history though. No one in NATO believes the US could be trusted to uphold article 5 anymore. That’s the whole issue.

    Hell, why doesn’t Ukraine have the nuclear deterrnet that it had after the collapse of the Soviet Union? Because they foolishly believed American security promises, which were given in exchange for them releasing their nukes.

    • @x00z@lemmy.world
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      14 months ago

      Exactly. But it also shows it’s more about Trump than America.

      Plus we got other stuff to worry about, and playing nice with America is probably better in the long run.

      • @MyBrainHurts@lemmy.ca
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        24 months ago

        What? Ukraine was first invaded before trump and then again without him there. In both cases, the security provided was less than what was originally guaranteed. Ukraine got screwed by believing America.

        It’s not just trump, there’s a whole Senate and Congress cheering him on. I would not gamble our future by relying on it to only be a trump phenomenon. If Americans had elected him once and horrified of their mistake, never came close again, that’d be one thing. But we has elected with a plurarlity of votes.

        America has proven an untrustworthy ally and that thwir promises aren’t worth the paper their written in.

        I don’t think Canada’s security should be “well, let’s just hope they don’t do it yet again!”

        • Techsorcist
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          14 months ago

          @MyBrainHurts @x00z yeah its a harsh lesson here in Europe as well. But a Trump that was slightly more patient and subtle would have been far more dangerous for us all.

          • @MyBrainHurts@lemmy.ca
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            14 months ago

            Oh absolutely, thank heavens trump is cartoonishly cruel and selfish, it’s quickly united everyone else. A clever, subtle and patient trump would’ve been much more dangerous.

            I just fully disagree with the earlier comment that this is a one off trump only aberration.