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[–] ChunkMcHorkle@lemmy.world 6 points 6 hours ago

This is all saber-rattling on the part of Krasnov and has been since day one.

If the US were going to leave NATO he'd have already started that process. With every day that goes by his own leverage at home is shrinking, while Ukraine still has many supporters in positions of power, meaning that if Krasnov really did want to pull the US out of NATO, it is becoming politically harder and harder to do so.

Additionally, being in NATO is also protective for the US, and this is not without value given as many wars as this fucker has already begun on a whim: somebody somewhere might want to hit back, and remaining in NATO helps deter that to some extent.

So instead, Krasnov just keeps threatening and not doing, even as his own position gets weaker and weaker.

Compare and contrast this with Russia. Saber-rattling is high on the list of Putin's methodology of controlling his nearest neighbors and always has been, but the US has never had to, and why would it?

The simple fact is that the US can't leave NATO for as long as Krasnov is Putin's puppet, because keeping Ukraine OUT of NATO is far more important to Putin than any other consideration.

The second the US leaves NATO is the second the US can no longer veto Ukraine's admission.

So who benefits by all this threatening and not doing? Putin. Krasnov got another phone call and here we are again.