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In reply to the discussion: Invite Russia to join NATO [View all]OilemFirchen
(7,288 posts)41. I have a MUCH better idea.
With all due deference to the Professor of Economics, about whom I don't know, and don't care to know a whit, this preposterous notion is being promoted by the selfsame individuals who want to see the U.S. leave NATO.
So... let's just give NATO to Russia, then have all the current NATO members leave and form a different organization, with NATO's charter, infrastructure, funding, et al. Then have the new organization repudiate NATO. We can call it HARPO. Or GROUCHO. Whatever.
That way, Russia enters, the U.S. leaves, and the whackjobs get and give their mutual reacharounds. For the sane world, it accomplishes the same goal, and adds just the right amount of slapstick to allow for the ridicule it dearly deserves.
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That would be critical to its' success, a democratically elected leader in Russia.
Uncle Joe
Feb 2022
#30
I believe all that getting our ducks in a row are minor considerations, the MESSAGE
Uncle Joe
Feb 2022
#33
If I understand you correctly, you are not actually calling for NATO to invite Russia.
Beastly Boy
Feb 2022
#38
Yes I am, NATO can invite Russia and Ukraine to join as a pair, subject to NATO's
Uncle Joe
Feb 2022
#40
NATO can only invite Russia and /or Ukraine after governments of each country formally express
Beastly Boy
Feb 2022
#42
Ok, so you are talking about post-Putin Russia, unlike the dude who wrote the article.
Beastly Boy
Feb 2022
#50
NATO would still be a great security blanket and could last for as long as it wanted. n/t
Uncle Joe
Feb 2022
#48