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| | The United States went so far as to [[sabotage]] major [[energy]] [[infrastructure]] linking Russia to [[Germany]] — the [[Nord Stream pipeline]]. This is the largest [[terrorist]] act on [[Europe]]an soil since [[World War II]]. These pipelines belonged to both the Russian state and European partners, i.e. NATO members. The act undermined trust within the alliance. | | The United States went so far as to [[sabotage]] major [[energy]] [[infrastructure]] linking Russia to [[Germany]] — the [[Nord Stream pipeline]]. This is the largest [[terrorist]] act on [[Europe]]an soil since [[World War II]]. These pipelines belonged to both the Russian state and European partners, i.e. NATO members. The act undermined trust within the alliance. |
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| − | [[File:Younger generation in Eastern Europe oppose same-sex marriage.PNG|right|300px|thumb|Young people in [[NATO]] countries largely favor [[gay marriage]]. In Central and [[Eastern Europe]] where [[Orthodox Christianity]] is dominant, young people mostly oppose same-sex marriage.<ref>[https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2018/10/29/eastern-and-western-europeans-differ-on-importance-of-religion-views-of-minorities-and-key-social-issues/ Eastern and Western Europeans Differ on Importance of Religion, Views of Minorities, and Key Social Issues], Pew Research Center, OCTOBER 29, 2018.</ref> Globalists from the [[United States]], [[European Union]], and [[NATO]] have attempted to impose it on them through the threat of [[economic sanctions]].<ref>[https://www.cfr.org/backgrounder/marriage-equality-global-comparisons A growing number of countries are legalizing same-sex marriage amid a steady advance in rights for LGBTQ+ people, but opposition remains strong in many others.] WRITTEN BY [[CFR]].org Editors. [[Council on Foreign Relations]]. Last updated December 22, 2022. www.cfr.org </ref>]]
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| − | [[Austria]] is a [[Europe]]an country that never joined NATO.<ref>https://www.catholicculture.org/commentary/ukraine-2022-fatima-austrias-neutrality-prayer-and-fasting/</ref> Under the Austrian State Treaty (May 15, 1955), the [[Soviet Union]] withdrew its troops under the promise that Austria would declare its neutrality and remain a buffer between [[Western Europe]] and [[Eastern Europe]].<ref>https://2001-2009.state.gov/r/pa/ho/time/lw/107185.htm</ref> This was the only treaty signed by both the Soviet Union and United States in the entire decade following the 1947 Paris Peace Treaties.{{fact}}
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| − | Nearly all of the remainder of [[Western Europe]] has joined NATO, with the additional exceptions (among large countries) of [[Switzerland]] and [[Ireland]]. In 2023, [[Finland]] joined NATO amid the Russian Federation's Special Operation in [[Ukraine]]. Ireland belongs to the [[EU Battle group]] and has participated with some NATO led missions under a UN mandate. Support for joining Nato has increased recently in the Republic of Ireland.
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| − | There have been nine rounds of expansion in NATO as of August 2023, with another round that formally admitted [[Sweden]].<ref>https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/topics_52044.htm#:~:text=NATO%20was%20created%20by%2012,countries%20can%20join%20the%20Alliance.</ref>
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| − | NATO members get the benefit of free road, railway, and airport [[infrastructure]] improvement courtesy of the [[US]] [[taxpayer]] in addition to rents collected on US [[military]] bases, off-base housing, food, [[job]]s and services in the local [[economy]].
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| − | [[File:Photo 2025-01-25 22-52-57.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Assessment of NATO airpower, 2024.]]
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| − | | [[Belgium]]
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| − | | [[Canada]]
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| − | | [[France]]
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| − | | Original Member, 1949-1966; rejoined 2004
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| − | | [[Italy]]
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| − | | Original Member, 1949
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| − | | [[Luxembourg]]
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| − | | [[Netherlands]]
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| − | | [[Norway]]
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| − | | [[Portugal]]
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| − | | [[United Kingdom]]
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| − | | [[United States]]
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| − | NATO acceptance of [[Europe]]an countries led Soviet Russia in 1955 to set up a counter organization, The [[Warsaw Treaty Organization]] (or Warsaw Pact). Common defense, the ongoing MAD strategy, and economic crisis led the [[Soviet Union]] and the Warsaw Pact to its demise. NATO's transatlantic relations and prevention were key to the end of the [[Cold War]], and the beginning of an interlinking of United States and European policies, which still remains to this day.
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| − | ===2025: Debt to GDP ratio of leading NATO members===
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| − | Without cutting domestic social programs and social security, most NATO member states would struggle to continue funding the [[corrupt]] [[Zelensky regime]] in the [[NATO proxy war against Russia]], let alone provide for their own defense. As most students of [[geopolitics|international politics]] learn in their freshman year, [[military]] power is built on [[economic]] power.
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| − | Debt to [[GDP]] ratio of leading NATO member states:
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| − | *Greece: 152.5%
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| − | *Italy: 137.9%
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| − | *France: 114.1%
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| − | *Belgium: 106.8%
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| − | *Spain: 103.5%
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| − | *UK: 100%<ref>A debt-to-GDP ratio of 100% means the entire raw economic produce of a country is already owed to creditors, and cannot provide for the same year's cost of production or the consumption of the country's inhabitants. Essentially meaning the current years economic production & consumption has to be financed by piling on more debt equal to cost of one years production and consumption. </ref>
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| − | *Portugal: Approximately 99%
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| − | These member states and more, would struggle to find the financing for continued [[war]] against [[Russia]], which is why they seek the [[United States]] as a "backstop" to provide "security guarantees".
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| | ==NATO 2.0: Post-Cold war expansion and aggression== | | ==NATO 2.0: Post-Cold war expansion and aggression== |