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thucythucy

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1. Since Switzerland and Austria are literally surrounded by NATO

Reply to Sherman A1 (Original post)

Sun Apr 17, 2022, 07:53 AM

Apr 2022

members, they both are protected from any sort of military attack--except cyber--so they get pretty much all the protection of being NATO members without any of the obligations. So actually joining NATO no doubt doesn't make sense to them.

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Swiss against joining NATO but in favour of closer cooperation [View all] Sherman A1 Apr 2022 OP

Since Switzerland and Austria are literally surrounded by NATO thucythucy Apr 2022 #1

Buying NATO armaments makes sense in case of war. Russian arms sales nose-diving. Bernardo de La Paz Apr 2022 #2