As an Irish person I am sure the neutrons and refugees and tidal waves created by destruction of our NATO neighbour in a nuclear war will totally respect our borders /s
Fucking Russians don’t even consider us as a country
Nato membership is very expensive though, isnt it? We’re already sort of partnered with them, because our Defence Forces regularly drill and train with them and we use their training resources and such.
Aside from that, though, with our lads in the midst of a serious retention crisis still, I doubt we could make up the numbers needed for Nato membership
Him and the other leeches in FFFG tried, but the majority feedback from the people of Ireland was ‘to go f**k themselves’.
I think it’s helpful in the longer term to have a neutral country around.
When we bring Putin, or his successors, or anyone else to the negotiating table, you need a trustworthy third party to do that. And for NATO’s sake, it’s helpful if that third party is at least otherwise aligned with the geopolitics of the West.
In terms of whether Ireland needs NATO for defense: most people write this off by saying there’s no real threat to Ireland, and whereas it seems incredibly unlikely that they could ever be the victim of a military incursion, a government should always have a plan in place for all possible scenarios. That’s sensible. However, Ireland does have – officially or not – provisions in place, given that the UK already provides airspace cover, and isn’t going to accept any hostile power acting on its own border. Plus there’s the EU and likely the US. It’s not like they’re sitting ducks.
Well this is exactly what Finland and Sweden said few months ago!
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As an Irish person I am sure the neutrons and refugees and tidal waves created by destruction of our NATO neighbour in a nuclear war will totally respect our borders /s
Fucking Russians don’t even consider us as a country
Nato membership is very expensive though, isnt it? We’re already sort of partnered with them, because our Defence Forces regularly drill and train with them and we use their training resources and such.
Aside from that, though, with our lads in the midst of a serious retention crisis still, I doubt we could make up the numbers needed for Nato membership
Him and the other leeches in FFFG tried, but the majority feedback from the people of Ireland was ‘to go f**k themselves’.
I think it’s helpful in the longer term to have a neutral country around.
When we bring Putin, or his successors, or anyone else to the negotiating table, you need a trustworthy third party to do that. And for NATO’s sake, it’s helpful if that third party is at least otherwise aligned with the geopolitics of the West.
In terms of whether Ireland needs NATO for defense: most people write this off by saying there’s no real threat to Ireland, and whereas it seems incredibly unlikely that they could ever be the victim of a military incursion, a government should always have a plan in place for all possible scenarios. That’s sensible. However, Ireland does have – officially or not – provisions in place, given that the UK already provides airspace cover, and isn’t going to accept any hostile power acting on its own border. Plus there’s the EU and likely the US. It’s not like they’re sitting ducks.
Well this is exactly what Finland and Sweden said few months ago!