Views of NATO by country and by political affiliation. While in US and Hungary those on the left are more favorable towards NATO, in Spain those on the right are more favorable to NATO

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  2. the American left becoming more commited to Atlanticism and the American right becoming more isolationist is a weird development.

    Ronald Reagan would spin in his grave if he saw the today’s Republican party

  3. The Netherlands belongs to the countries with the highest support, yet it never managed to reach the 2% NATO pledge, especially not under the last 13 years of Mark Rutte’s leadership. The Netherlands is one of the wealthiest countries in the EU and NATO, yet Rutte can’t find the money for our defense. His budget cuts in the last 13 years were so severe, it will take at least another 13 years to get our defense in order again, according to experts. Rutte rather relies on the US and responsible countries like Poland to pay for our safety.

    Rutte is front-runner to become the next NATO chief.

  4. The average american derives no benefit from NATO. And why should the average american’s taxes go to benefit foreign countries that generally hold the US population in disdain?

    The common american is expected to be up for dying in nuclear hellfire to protect countries he couldn’t visit without receiving verbal abuse over republican politicians he probably never voted for. What’s in it for him?

    Before the Ukraine war EU nations viewed Putin more favorable than Americans. So why should the average american support NATO?

  5. Anyone wondering why so many Greeks and Italians dislike NATO are historically illiterate on European history

  6. Greece surprised me. Being that they are by far the weakest country I thought they would welcome more the alliance.

    Edit: Okay, that was a brain fart, I totally ignored their relation with turkey. It’s understandable

  7. If Russia is a threat then the average American can only benefit by the US leaving NATO in order protects muricans from dying in nuclear fire over countries that view the US population as subhuman.

  8. I’d like to see the left-right difference for Britain. It may not be huge, but traditionally anti-NATO sentiment has mostly been a left wing thing here.

  10. Funny how American “left” is more pro-NATO than the “right” and the European “right” is more pro-NATO than the “left”.

  13. Its funny that NATO is more unpopular in the USA than in Italy which suffered operation gladio activity.

  14. As a Pole, I find the views of those like Noam Chomsky deeply immoral as they see the safety of NATO as something Poland (and other Eastern European states) should not be allowed to have. There’s a reason why the support is so high, and it’s because it gives us hope we’re not at the mercy of the drunk, wife-beating Russian bear this time around.

  15. Very interesting. Looking at the data from the US shows how important the next presidential election could have an impact on the war in Ukraine and on the future of Europe’s determination to push back Putin’s willingness to regain Russia’s old geographical influence. I mean in case Trump is elected.

  17. That second sheet is so hard to read. They shouldn’t try to make fancy graphs when they don’t have the skills. Just list it in a regular table then.

  19. Are there figures for the Baltics? Is support as high as in Poland there?

  21. I would kindly propose to every anti-nato person in Europe to move to Russia. They will be welcomed there I promise.

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