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NATO must shift to wartime mindset, secretary general warns (news.sky.com)

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NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte warned that the alliance must adopt a “wartime mindset” to prepare for long-term confrontation with Russia.

Speaking in Brussels, he urged members to increase defense spending beyond the 2% GDP target, noting that only 23 of 32 members currently meet it.

Rutte emphasized boosting defense production, addressing cyber threats, and countering China’s military buildup and actions toward Taiwan.

His remarks come as Donald Trump threatens to withhold defense support from NATO members failing to meet spending commitments, raising concerns about alliance unity.

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[–] Maalus 1 points 4 days ago

"Imagining a terrifying and powerful threat and gearing up for a world war is a good way of helping that to actually happen"

Except the threat isn't imaginary. Same shit was said about Russia in 2008, 2014 and here we are, after 2022 happened. Three years and they are still occupying a significant amount of Ukraine. The truth is - if NATO is a defensive alliance, then gearing up with a shitloads of weapons to defend any offensive action doesn't make a world war happen easier - quite the opposite. It prevents opportunists who would grab territory with no consequence - like Russia did in 2008 and 2014.

And all the time the eastern flank of NATO was screaming about a threat and being told by the western part to calm down and don't be hawks, when their entire existence was threatened. All because it's pretty simple - because the western part of NATO is only possible to be invaded when the eastern side has been taken over and capitulated. Hence why the idiotic policy that was luckily reversed, to let Russia capture the Baltics in case of a war, and retake them later. Everyone on the eastern flank knows what happens to people under russian occupation, it just doesn't get through to people who don't have to worry about the consequences of doing nothing and pushing the problem down the line with appeasement and ignoring it altogether.

Also, Ukraine had a pact with the US for defense if the integrity of the country was ever touched. And then 2014 happened and what? If a threat big enough exists that countries are scared of fighting it, NATO means fuckall. It'll be the start of WW2 again with alliances that don't do anything when their "buffer zone" is being taken over by hostiles.