NATO is perceived by the West to be defensive. However, it is just

as plausible for someone to see NATO as being passive aggressive too. Force the other party to make the first move so it can always come out looking like the "good guy." If China convinced Canada and Mexico to join it in a military alliance, then you can bet the US would perceive that in the same light that Putin perceives NATO's actions. Depending on who the President was at the time and which way Congress is leaning, it is plausible that the US could take some sort of military action against 1 or both countries and still call it a "military exercise" or "peacekeeping mission." If the US wasn't willing to resort to those tactics to ensure its borders are secure, then the Bay of Pigs would have never happened.

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Posted: 03/04/2022 at 5:02PM

Interesting take on NATO expansion (link) -- mancunian 03/04/2022 1:35PM

Regarding the Monday morning quarterbacking about NATO expansion… -- SDHokie 03/05/2022 1:12PM

Good article! Here's another interesting take.... -- RUHokie 03/04/2022 6:19PM

Our current CIA Director suggested this was a possibility back in 2008. -- VTDante 03/04/2022 2:38PM

Americans can't conceive of how big a threat -- mancunian 03/04/2022 2:47PM

Oh we understood with the Cuban Missle Crisis just fine. ** -- NokieHokie 03/04/2022 5:00PM

True. For all our sabre rattling over immigration -- Tafkam Hokie 03/04/2022 4:57PM

For all the news about borders, yeah, pretty lucky with two peaceful ones ** -- `lag 03/04/2022 4:16PM

Russia couldn't be in the club, so burn it all down? -- HokieSignGuy 03/04/2022 2:06PM

NATO is perceived by the West to be defensive. However, it is just -- VTHokie2000 03/04/2022 5:02PM

It's a combination of things. First, mostly economic with the US having -- 132863Hokie 03/04/2022 2:40PM

NATO is perceived by the West to be defensive. However, it is just

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