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[–] Revanee@lemmy.one 6 points 1 year ago (9 children)

That's so dumb... To consider a defensive alliance more destructive and deadly that a corrupt state waging a war of expansion

[–] Flinch@hexbear.net 38 points 1 year ago

Hell yeah brother we defended the shit out of Libya freedom-and-democracy

[–] UnicodeHamSic@hexbear.net 37 points 1 year ago (1 children)

A defence of what? The people who invented global warming? Nah, hard pass.

[–] Grimble@hexbear.net 19 points 1 year ago

Sure it's defensive, I just wish the people it's defending were attacked more gigachad

[–] Gorillatactics@hexbear.net 34 points 1 year ago

A Defensive alliance made up of all the great colonial powers.

[–] aaaaaaadjsf@hexbear.net 30 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Defensive alliance that bombs every third world country that dares to go against the interests of the imperial core? Who are they "defending again?

us-foreign-policy

Also how much has NATO expanded since the end of the cold war with its mafia protection racket style tactics in Europe?

Serbia, Libya, and Afghanistan were all defensive operations.

[–] Mardoniush@hexbear.net 28 points 1 year ago

"That's so dumb, to consider a defensive alliance with the Serbian Black Hand more destructive and deadly than the Central Power's Imperialism waging a war of expansion" -Average Allied Nations Second International Member, 1914

[–] ThomasMuentzner@hexbear.net 23 points 1 year ago

this is why we support Russia (Donbass to be Precise ) , this is also why Propagnda does not only happens to "other people" Mr. @Revanee@lemmy.one

[–] Grimble@hexbear.net 15 points 1 year ago

A military alliance of several superpower nations VS one angry revanchist state. Who's more dangerous?