Oh we’re still on about this NATO stuff? We’re halfway to another election and they’ve still not sorted it out.
Like I don’t blame the current government for Erdogan and whatshisface in that shithole being obstinate, but at this point I’m sure we could’ve put all that money and energy on more useful things than trying to appease a fickle dictator.
If this hasn’t been a wakeup call to NATO that their membership process is broken then I doubt we’ll ever see a new member. The time, energy, unpredictability, and susceptibility to influences from bad actors is a huge deterrent already, and it’ll only get worse over time.
If they can’t do away with the veto system there should at least be a mechanism in place for ejecting bad actors. Maybe Turkey is too strategic to face such a risk, but backsliding countries like Hungary would at least need to stop exploiting/blocking the system without legitimate cause. Far too easy for Russia/China/etc to buy off a handful of politicians to block any future expansion.
Oh we’re still on about this NATO stuff? We’re halfway to another election and they’ve still not sorted it out.
Like I don’t blame the current government for Erdogan and whatshisface in that shithole being obstinate, but at this point I’m sure we could’ve put all that money and energy on more useful things than trying to appease a fickle dictator.
If this hasn’t been a wakeup call to NATO that their membership process is broken then I doubt we’ll ever see a new member. The time, energy, unpredictability, and susceptibility to influences from bad actors is a huge deterrent already, and it’ll only get worse over time.
If they can’t do away with the veto system there should at least be a mechanism in place for ejecting bad actors. Maybe Turkey is too strategic to face such a risk, but backsliding countries like Hungary would at least need to stop exploiting/blocking the system without legitimate cause. Far too easy for Russia/China/etc to buy off a handful of politicians to block any future expansion.
Orban is a cunt, but Hungary is far from being a shithole.
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Orbán only cares about lining his and his comrades pockets and keeping 70% of the population (all rural) dumb and in poverty.