The US is currently threatening multiple of its NATO partners and serious people don't expect NATO to be around by the end of 2028. I am a less serious person I guess, because I expect it to break up within a year.
I'm glad you have so many cool 80 year old anecdotes to tell yourself, but things change.
> China has never done anything like that in its multi-thousand year history.
I mean, China's perspective on at least one of your examples is that it saved North Korea from decades-long rule by succession of military dictatorships that ruled in South Korea. Which isn't entirely unfair.
The US is currently threatening multiple of its NATO partners and serious people don't expect NATO to be around by the end of 2028. I am a less serious person I guess, because I expect it to break up within a year.
I'm glad you have so many cool 80 year old anecdotes to tell yourself, but things change.
> The U.S. does NATO and foots the majority of the bill and human resources for North Atlantic defense. That includes Canada
For how much longer? NATO won't survive this administration.
> China has never done anything like that in its multi-thousand year history.
I mean, China's perspective on at least one of your examples is that it saved North Korea from decades-long rule by succession of military dictatorships that ruled in South Korea. Which isn't entirely unfair.
NATO is basically dead at this point.