cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/59867996

German media outlets Süddeutsche Zeitung, WDR, and NDR also cite the report, noting that Russian President Vladimir Putin appears intent on testing NATO’s Article 5 guarantees. The alliance’s mutual defence clause obliges member states to come to one another’s aid if attacked. The assessment suggests Putin may seek to challenge how seriously that commitment would be honoured.

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[+] -13 points 1 year ago (4 children)

There's no way the US military would side with Russia, even if ordered to.

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  • [–] 18 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child)

    Would you say they're at the top of that slippery slope, or part way down it already?

    Maybe today's top brass wouldn't, but there are probably enough JD Vance types among the MAGA lovin' grunts to promote, to structure an army that'll take Trump at his word. If he says 'Europe were the enemy all along', enough times, with enough conviction...

    Wouldn't have believed it myself until this year.

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  • [–] [S] 9 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

    George W. Bush convinced Americans that France was an enemy for a while, and his supporters lapped it up. Today Trump has large chunks of his cult believing that Canada is an enemy. There's apparently no limit to the absurdities and poison people will swallow if their beloved cult leader tells them to.

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