So...NATO is expanding...

[Marduk]

lol if Brazil will buy the Canary Islands from Spain, then it would actually qualify for NATO membership, no? And Silbo Gomero would be a nice addition to Brazil, if they could actually make a Portuguese version of it:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silbo_Gomero

a) Why the hell would Spain agree?
b) Brazil would still be too southern for its territory to count.
c) Why would Brazil need to be in NATO anyway? It's not like it has any neighbors that are a military threat and it cannot deal with alone.

 

[WolfBear]

a) Why the hell would Spain agree?
b) Brazil would still be too southern for its territory to count.
c) Why would Brazil need to be in NATO anyway? It's not like it has any neighbors that are a military threat and it cannot deal with alone.

A. It wouldn't.

B. Fair point.

C. It wouldn't. It can survive just fine without being in NATO, as you said.

 

[WolfBear]

Olga Tokariuk (@olgatokariuk)

Finally the day has come when Finlandization sounds like an acceptable option for Ukraine

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[bintananth]

c) Why would Brazil need to be in NATO anyway? It's not like it has any neighbors that are a military threat and it cannot deal with alone.

France and Brazil do share a land border. See: French Guiana (an integral part of France and the EU)

I highly doubt Brazil would be able to militarily deal with France without help. That drags in all of NATO ... on the French side if Brazil is the aggressor.

 

[Marduk]

France and Brazil do share a land border. See: French Guiana (an integral part of France and the EU)

I highly doubt Brazil would be able to militarily deal with France without help. That drags in all of NATO ... on the French side if Brazil is the agressor.

Even less of a reason for them to want to be in NATO and to be allowed in NATO, as France would naturally have more political pull in the alliance.

 

[Zachowon]

France is one of the big honchos of NATO.
When they arnt being grumpy.

And you can't Article 5 against a NATO member

 

[WolfBear]

France and Brazil do share a land border. See: French Guiana (an integral part of France and the EU)

I highly doubt Brazil would be able to militarily deal with France without help. That drags in all of NATO ... on the French side if Brazil is the aggressor.

What about if Brazilian drug lords sneak into French Guiana lol?

 

[WolfBear]

Erdogan says Turkey will freeze Finland, Sweden's NATO bids if promises not kept

Turkey will freeze Finland and Sweden's NATO membership bids if the Nordic countries do not keep promises on counter-terrorism made last month, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday, adding he believed Sweden was "not showing a good image" for now.

www.reuters.com