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These monsters really plan to further destabilize the region.

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[–] EnsignRedshirt@hexbear.net 56 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Smart. Argentina is very vulnerable to a Russian invasion if Russia ever decides to drill a tunnel straight through the earth’s core and out the other side.

[–] DankZedong@lemmygrad.ml 24 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Hey it's only 17300 km from Russia to Argentina. Before you know Putin sends his bombers on the 22 hour journey to Buenos Aires.

[–] bennieandthez@lemmygrad.ml 35 points 5 months ago

Bro got the zelensky OS in his neuralink.

[–] Addfwyn@lemmygrad.ml 31 points 5 months ago

Aa yes. Argentina, famously located in the North Atlantic, seems like an obvious candidate for NATO membership.

[–] DankZedong@lemmygrad.ml 29 points 5 months ago (2 children)

What's the CIA expecting in South America for them to do this

[–] rainpizza@lemmygrad.ml 25 points 5 months ago

I am pretty sure that they are expecting to crush any resistance in the country while destabilizing the region. Ben Norton also commented on that as well.

[–] Jabril@lemmygrad.ml 20 points 5 months ago

Whatever it is, we know Juan Guaidó will stop it dead in its tracks.

[–] azanra4@lemmygrad.ml 28 points 5 months ago (2 children)

I wonder how history will explain these moves. It’s comforting to assume actors being rational, but this is a case of just the opposite guiding a country. Argentina is basically a vast expanse on the edge of the earth. What purpose could a military possibly serve for them? Their relationship with Brazil, their literal only credible threat, was good until recently…it’s just incredible that anyone is able to conjure a lens through which this looks like a good idea

[–] bennieandthez@lemmygrad.ml 44 points 5 months ago (1 children)

He is just one of the many compradores throughout the history of latin america. These people hate their countries and worship the US, that is why it makes sense in their head to sell everything to the US/EU, it is internalized racism. In Mexico we call them malinchistas.

[–] MasterDeeLuke@lemmygrad.ml 7 points 5 months ago (1 children)

The beggars I encountered during my short time in Costa Rica gave me the impression that some in Latam might view westerners and the west in general as big ATM machines that can magically solve the poverty they endure if they just ask nicely and hard enough. Sadly they don't realize that the average American can't even be bothered to learn the name and location of Latin American countries other then Mexico, Brazil, Cuba and Vuvuzuela.

[–] bennieandthez@lemmygrad.ml 8 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Compradores, while being wealthy and supposedly educated, really do act as beggars. Their solutions are always bootlick the americans, ask for money and never about working.

[–] mamotromico@lemmy.ml 4 points 5 months ago

Despite all his rethoric, so far there has been no major changes on BR-ARG trade and diplo relations as far as I can tell from BR reporting. He backpedaled hard on the more insane stuff right after he won the election.

[–] Frogmanfromlake@hexbear.net 26 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Massive cuck. Would a leftist government be able to pull out if they were to win the next election?

[–] DamarcusArt@lemmygrad.ml 25 points 5 months ago (1 children)

"Officially" any nation can leave NATO for any reason. Though I think we'd find out NATO isn't quite so willing to let nations go if one actually tried to leave.

"O" in NATO's name also stands for Omerta, it's not that easy to quit.

[–] SpaceDogs@lemmygrad.ml 25 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I thought you had to be North Atlantic to be in NATO, I mean it’s literally in the name lmao

[–] GrainEater@lemmygrad.ml 33 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)
[–] RedColossus@lemmygrad.ml 9 points 5 months ago

Reminder that Argentina literally went to WAR with a NATO nation just 40 years ago.

[–] yogthos@lemmygrad.ml 8 points 5 months ago

I believe the technical term for this is clown shit

[–] ComradePupIvy@lemmygrad.ml 6 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Argentena is not even Elegable, all nations have to be northern hemisphere. Do not ask me why I know this thing, but I do

[–] porcupine@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

um, excuse me, Japan and Australia are part of "The West", actually.

[–] ComradePupIvy@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

yes but the terms of NATO specify countries hold territory north of the Equator, this is likely the only reason Australia and New Zealand are not members.

[–] SadArtemis@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 5 months ago

I'm sure the US will be happy to sweep that criteria under the rug, and the rest of NATO (maybe minus Hungary/Turkey, but they'll fold) will wag their tails for their master.

Hopefully this will be just another step towards the dissolution and collapse of NATO though, IMO it certainly won't help.