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Why didn't the US let Russia join NATO? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 2 years ago by aworldtowin@lemmy.ml to c/genzedong@lemmygrad.ml

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I feel like I'm missing something here. US doing that would have made them much stronger against China. I mean just imagine how much more robust the European economy would be if all the gas going to China was going right to Europe.

Though in typing that out I may have answered my own question. Is it really just because US wanted to European market to themselves? This seems incredibly short sighted.

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[–] doriangray11@lemmygrad.ml 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

NATO in the post-Soviet era has mainly three purposes:

To maintain US dominance over Europe
To keep Russian influence OUT of Europe
To control Germany and prevent it from becoming a competitive imperialist power again

If Russia were brought into NATO, Europe would eventually gravitate towards it over time instead of the US. So yes, you answered your own question.

[–] SleepyCat@lemmygrad.ml 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

How would Europe naturally gravitate towards Russia in that case? Is it because of Russia's size and access to natural resources?

How/why does NATO benefit the US over the other member states? How is NATO suppressing Germany even though they are a member state themselves?

[–] 201dberg@lemmygrad.ml -1 points 2 years ago

Big industrial powerhouse with lots of oil and natural resources that's connected via land, not across a whole ass ocean.