Putin's North Korean Soldiers

[UltraBudgie]

I have found that all European reporting on the Russia/Ukraine conflict/war tends to somehow field a different perspective in regards to NATO.

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War is only good to serve war and warring. 
NATO is existentially about war, not peace.

I've found that things make much more sense when NATO is viewed as a "peace treaty" -- sign here, conform your foreign policy and military industrial standards to our potential needs, and the "invisible empire" will not foment insurrection and violent coups within your nation.

If necessary, the entire manufacturing capacity of a NATO nation can be pivoted quickly to support a common war effort, and the political and social control structures are in place to allow that to happen reliably. That's the purpose of the treaty.