So, one of government's undisputed obligations is the protection of its population from hostile nations. NATO better be willing to step up and proactively protect the member states and their population.

At what point do 'minor' transgressions become actionable? Like, if Russia was told by NATO reps that the next time any citizen gets assassinated and it is proven they are responsible, or that a Russian damaged NATO cables or whatever that an immediate response will be enacted. Notice I didn't say 'proportional'.

Cable snapped and Russian captain who did it? Tomahawk to an airbase near St. Petersburg. Don't want to go to war? Cut the shit. Period.

[–] ObviouslyNotBanana@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

TBF them acknowledging that this has occured is an escalation from pretending like it is business as usual. Which is good. We'll see if it has the desired effect.

[–] FolknForage@lemm.ee 0 points 2 years ago

Can’t wait to read the sternly worded letter!

[–] naeap@sopuli.xyz 6 points 2 years ago

With Trump it is sadly not a good timing to rely on US support in NATO.

Europe alone should probably be able to give Russia more than a dent - although some reports about Russia's warfare production don't look that good for us, until we step up our production