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Grogosh t1_isn7q9y wrote

Just change it so it doesn't need to be unanimous.

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Donut_of_Patriotism t1_isnv50t wrote

No. It’s a defensive alliance . No country should be forced to defend another they didn’t explicitly agree to defend. That being said, Turkey is being dicks about this whole thing.

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usrevenge t1_isnci6j wrote

You would think it would be sorta like the security council because NATO if you add USA France Germany and the UK you have most of the NATO forces right ?

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jebuswashere t1_isnlo29 wrote

Turkey has the largest military in NATO after the United States.

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usrevenge t1_isnmrc1 wrote

I think Ukraine is showing us it's about how well equipped and experienced the military are..not physical size.

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mjgoot t1_isno4wx wrote

russia has a huge military too

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Organic_Reputation_6 t1_isopmcm wrote

Largest yes , best equipped no, but the danger lies in the Turks living in Europe. Could cause social unrest

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OrdinaryNGamer t1_isnnr2u wrote

Yes turkey has big army but is most unstable country I ever seen being in nato, cough “2016” coup.

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TronOld_Dumps t1_isn81l9 wrote

Right. Seems like that should never be the case where one person (country) can build the rest hostage.

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nagrom7 t1_isnf2m7 wrote

The issue is, every country basically has to agree that they would come to the defence of everyone else. If it was just something like a majority vote, you'd have instances of countries being forced to defend countries that they didn't agree to defending, which could result in the alliance falling apart in the outbreak of conflict.

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[deleted] OP t1_isnfy7g wrote

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Zedd2087 t1_isoums2 wrote

Currently Turkey has the second largest military in NATO so they probably provide more security than they receive.

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