is NATO ready, economically speaking, for a 3-fronts proxy-war situation?

[peacefan]

The way i currently see it, the threats coming
from Russia against Ukraine, from Hamas to the Israelis, and from China towards the Taiwanese,
can be stopped, if we spend enough on an assertive international self-defense and unipolar conquest.

but can our economies handle that, i wonder..

i also recognize that China, Russia and Iran and all of their proxies have their own drive towards unipolar conquest,
and thus i can see them as the aggressive teenagers[1] on the global stage.

[1] teenagers, as in : their economies are in their foreign policy geared far too much on a unipolar conquest of their own, with them emerging as the new global leaders.
well, i just don't trust that one bit.
i'd much rather continue to stay ruled by the western nanny state, than by some (Middle-to-far-)Eastern (bunch of) autocrat(s) and/or oligarch(s).

but how about you other people here?
should we just add to the national debt and engage the (middle-to-far-)Eastern Alliance on all fronts all the time?

i fear humanity is not yet grown up enough yet (as a species found in various skintones around the world),
for us to let go of the "need" to be/become the most dominant in whatever international interactions/policy-making.

 

[luiza]

None of which have anything to do with the US or the big mouthed Dutch , the former being the planet's most consistent bully and terrorist nation with over 750 "military bases" spread across 80 countries .

 

[DGS49]

None of which have anything to do with the US or the big mouthed Dutch , the former being the planet's most consistent bully and terrorist nation with over 750 "military bases" spread across 80 countries .

The NATO charter makes these situations our business.

 

[MisterBeale]

Is Taiwan or Japan in NATO?

Is it in the "North Atlantic?"

Am I missing something somewhere?

 

[MisterBeale]

The NATO charter makes these situations our business.

The NATO charter specifies that it is a defensive organization.

Neither Taiwan, Ukraine, nor Israel are a part of NATO.

Thus, an attack on any of them should not trigger any action by NATO.

. . . methinks you watch too much TEE VEE propaganda.

 

[1srelluc]

Not without severe austerity measures to social programs NATO-wide.

I know, reinstitute the draft and send out the poor to fight a rich man's war.....You know, how historically it has been done.

Japan needs to take a leadership role in the Asian Pacific region. Make "the greater east Asian co-prosperity sphere" great again.....If you can pry them away from tentacle porn long enough.

 

[peacefan]

None of which have anything to do with the US or the big mouthed Dutch , the former being the planet's most consistent bully and terrorist nation with over 750 "military bases" spread across 80 countries .

maybe we should remind you at this point that those military bases are there to protect our interests, as well as international trade.

 

[peacefan]

Not without severe austerity measures to social programs NATO-wide.

I know, reinstitute the draft and send out the poor to fight a rich man's war.....You know, how historically it has been done.

the history books are there to learn from grandpa's mistakes,
not to repeat them!

Japan needs to take a leadership role in the Asian Pacific region. Make "the greater east Asian co-prosperity sphere" great again.....If you can pry them away from tentacle porn long enough.

Japan is not going to protect Taiwan, not without being pressured into it by NATO+AUKUS+EU.

 

[1srelluc]

the history books are there to learn from grandpa's mistakes,
not to repeat them!

Have you seen any mistakes in history that have not been repeated time and again? It may take 100s of years but they come back in some form to bite people in the ass.

 

[peacefan]

Have you seen any mistakes in history that have not been repeated time and again? It may take 100s of years but they come back in some form to bite people in the ass.

while i acknowledge that as a sad fact of life,
i hope that we can outgrow such self-destructive tendencies in the internet age.

 

[1srelluc]

while i acknowledge that as a sad fact of life,
i hope that we can outgrow such self-destructive tendencies in the internet age.

Hell, it looks like trench warfare has made a big comeback in Ukraine.

 

[Toddsterpatriot]

The way i currently see it, the threats coming
from Russia against Ukraine, from Hamas to the Israelis, and from China towards the Taiwanese,
can be stopped, if we spend enough on an assertive international self-defense and unipolar conquest.

but can our economies handle that, i wonder..

i also recognize that China, Russia and Iran and all of their proxies have their own drive towards unipolar conquest,
and thus i can see them as the aggressive teenagers[1] on the global stage.

[1] teenagers, as in : their economies are in their foreign policy geared far too much on a unipolar conquest of their own, with them emerging as the new global leaders.
well, i just don't trust that one bit.
i'd much rather continue to stay ruled by the western nanny state, than by some (Middle-to-far-)Eastern (bunch of) autocrat(s) and/or oligarch(s).

but how about you other people here?
should we just add to the national debt and engage the (middle-to-far-)Eastern Alliance on all fronts all the time?

i fear humanity is not yet grown up enough yet (as a species found in various skintones around the world),
for us to let go of the "need" to be/become the most dominant in whatever international interactions/policy-making.

First, we have to stop the Dutch farmers.

 

[peacefan]

First, we have to stop the Dutch farmers.

and why do you say that, mr patriot?

 

[Toddsterpatriot]

and why do you say that, mr patriot?

They're causing climate change.

 

[luiza]

maybe we should remind you at this point that those military bases are there to protect our interests, as well as international trade.

That's a real ," Pigs can fly ", statement .
Hilarious if you believe it, but repugnant to others .

 

[peacefan]

That's a real ," Pigs can fly ", statement .
Hilarious if you believe it, but repugnant to others .

i believe it, but i find it a very serious matter. not something to be laughed about.

 

[peacefan]

They're causing climate change.

are you trying to tie up NATO decisiveness about Ukraine and Israel and Taiwan into a domestic dispute (between the Dutch government and it's farmer communities).. we the Dutch have an active resistance against globalists' powergrabs these days.

 

[Toddsterpatriot]

are you trying to tie up NATO decisiveness about Ukraine and Israel and Taiwan into a domestic dispute (between the Dutch government and it's farmer communities).. we the Dutch have an active resistance against globalists' powergrabs these days.

I want to save the world that your country is hell bent on destroying.

 

[peacefan]

I want to save the world that your country is hell bent on destroying.

you must be young and raised on green revolution propaganda
and those farmers of ours are being driven into the proverbial dustbin, which may smell a little after that NATIONAL-JURISDICTION INTERFERENCE.

the new green policies are in full effect now, farmers are getting driven into different professions (which i prefer they wouldn't need to endure).
and their lands are turned into new residential areas and pure-nature CO2 absorbing forests.

 

[peacefan]

Hard-liners are leading in Iran’s parliamentary election which may have witnessed record-low turnout
A day after parliamentary election concluded in Iran, hard-liners are leading in initial vote counting in the capital of Tehran, state media reported

Remote : Sat, 02 Mar 2024 0545 -0500
Local : 2024-03-02(Saturday) 11 : 14 : 45
Found via World Headlines on nicer.app

this makes me think : bomb, bomb, bomb, Iran!
how about you folks?