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[–] someguy3@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago) (1 children)

Lol your mental gymnastics to say "don't need Nato" is really something to behold.

so the question becomes “what’s in it for (for example) Britain.”

LMAO this was already addressed. Your little soliquay doesn't change what I already said. " countries like Spain and Britain are off fighting the war with functioning allies (yes even the small ones) and with control of the map rather than waiting for Russia to be at their doorstep."

the existence of the Allies wasn’t defensive.

LMAO the existence of Nato is defensive. You're trying to get this notion of "not defensive" in. And lol we see why with what you say next. "Anything Britain does is offensive". LOLOL.

Ok your comment didn't even warrant this amount of response, so ciao.

[–] NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io 1 points 1 hour ago

Well that's disappointing. I don't think I said anything to warrant this kind of response, so I'm just going to conclude you're an asshole. Just in case though, for anyone reading this far down:

LMAO this was already addressed.

No it wasn't. Your argument is that it's better to fight Russia now than fight Russia later, but it doesn't prove it's necessary to fight Russia at all. The idea that Spain's territorial integrity would be threatened by an expansionist Russia is completely unrealistic. Now its interests would certainly be, but that's not usually what people mean by a defensive war.

And lol we see why with what you say next. "Anything Britain does is offensive". LOLOL.

Failing a hostile army crossing or threatening to cross the English Channel, yes it's almost impossible for Britain to engage in defensive military activity.