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No, and we should withdraw from NATO

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 @92LT76V  from Arizona  disagreed…2yrs2Y

Anti-NATO rhetoric will empower Russia and China to wage large-scale conventional war on all Western civilization, and may even be more emboldened to use weapons of mass destruction.

 @9FQGQX8 from New Jersey  agreed…2yrs2Y

I don’t think countries, even powerful ones like the US or Germany, using Anti-NATO rhetoric will really empower Russia or China. Nuclear weapons will never be used by either side; both understand the concept of MAD and will not risk nuclear annihilation just because some countries in NATO are not being supportive. It may embolden them to push their influence on the west and pacific respectively but I don’t see a conventional war nor nukes being used any time soon from a lack of support for NATO. Now, if a country like Poland withdrew from the alliance, then that would be a comple…  Read more

 @7HJNSX6Republican  from New York  agreed…2yrs2Y

I agree, we should continue to support NATO and look for future expansion into Europe but also in Asia (or the creation of another “NATO” in Asia).

 @9NDJQTX  from California  agreed…1yr1Y

Vladimir Putin offered to join NATO TWICE, and was rejected both times because the west was never interested in peace with Russia. Russia was 100 percent correct in invading Ukraine, and I am tired of pretending they weren't.

 @9HLWQ69Libertarian from Ohio  agreed…2yrs2Y

NATO was established to deter the spread of Soviet influence in Europe. Since the wall fell over 30 years ago, NATO is obsolete.

 @9FT9HDX from Arizona  agreed…2yrs2Y

America, a particularist nation, is a free and healthy nation. We are over concerned with foreign affairs, to the detriment of our people - agreements, like paris, are fine, but not alliances.

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