Uh NATO is going to pull out and write a strongly worded letter. Nothing about the world balance of power is going to change on account of this. Some people are going to be butthurt that they look weak because they're not willing to fight Russia over this, but that's the reality. No one in the West wants to. And remember, Western Europe has almost no capability on their own. Only the extent of US intervention matters, and the US has clearly signaled that they're going to allow this with only diplomatic repercussions. I think those are economic repercussions. The USSR was isolated because they wanted to be. The US couldn't force that on Russia if they wanted to, and I don't think they want to either.
"NATO is going to pull out and write a strongly worded letter."
But not too strongly worded.
Nato is like 5 vaginas and the United States
I think the US wants to return to the cold war where they get to spend the really big bucks on defense.
They've been poking and prodding the bear ever since the wall fell.
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