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Old 11-28-2022, 08:47 AM   #9261
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Yeah, NATO isn't as unified as they like to promote.
Who promotes NATO as unified? They're a treaty that exists for one purpose: Mutual defence of existing territory against expansionist threat. Orban not respecting the territorial integrity of a non-member state doesn't in any way change the unity of NATO against it's stated intention. You can bet that Orban would invoke article 5 if Russian troops touched his border. Same with Turkey; they have absolutely no requirement to defend Ukraine or to allow food shipments. They are not in those types of alliances with the West. They are in a defence alliance, and they are using all of the influence they can and their positional importance to maximize the benefit for their people. Frankly that's what a government is supposed to do. Is it noble? No, but stop conflating the unity of NATO for meaning they are 100% aligned on all policy. Absolutely not- NATO has a single purpose and all members have shown pretty thoroughly that they are absolutely invested in at least that one purpose.
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