42 sats \ 3 replies \ @saunter 7 Aug \ parent \ on: Who Caused the Ukraine War? BooksAndArticles
NATO does not expand, countries join NATO if they will to.
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0 sats \ 2 replies \ @Bell_curve OP 7 Aug
NATO is not Ellis Island. Unanimous consensus among existing members is a requirement.
USA senate must approve any new members with a super majority, 2/3 or 67 votes.
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42 sats \ 1 reply \ @saunter 7 Aug
Exactly. Many counties want to join nsto, mostly Russia neighbour that are afraid of being attacked like Georgia or Moldavia. But NATO I'd actually very reluctant to get new members and there was 0 chance before 2022 for Ukraine to join
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Bell_curve OP 7 Aug
Ukraine doesn't have 67 votes in US Senate
NATO expanded recently with Sweden and Finland
There were 12 founding members in 1949, now there are 32.
Why is Montenegro a member of NATO?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Bucharest_summit : Georgia and Ukraine
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