• ModCen@feddit.uk
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    20 hours ago

    I wish the US would be held accountable to the same rules as every other country, but I don’t think what you describe would happen. I don’t think anybody wants to invade the US when the US has the most powerful military on the planet.

    As for NATO losing capabilities if the US leaves, sure. But it looks like the US doesn’t really care about helping defend Europe anyway. Maybe at some point Europe will just have to focus on its own defence without the US. You say it would be “morally wrong” if a NATO country (e.g. the US) wouldn’t fulfil its NATO commitments. Do we think Trump cares about morals though?

    • FiniteBanjo@feddit.online
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      12 hours ago

      USA is about a third of NATO capability, and war with them would be inevitable if they fell into dictatorship and started expanding.

      It is not a question of if NATO responds but when, and the sooner the better.