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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?

[–] Mardoniush@hexbear.net 29 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

Serbia, Libya, and Afghanistan were all defensive operations.

[–] 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 16 points 1 year ago

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