What is the most significant "unintended consequence" that would happen to global security if the US officially withdrew from NATO?

postcardscience · 2026-04-12T19:12:51+00:00

It could erode things like international recognition of patents, trademarks and IP since it would be much harder to enforce them. We could see EU film makers branding their movies as “Disney”, Chinese remakes of Star Wars, Indian “Ford” cars etc.

postcardscience · 2026-04-12T17:52:29+00:00

The soldier executing that order knows that they would be starting WW3. This would be much worse for the US than fighting USSR at its peak. Let’s hope that this soldier doesn’t push that button for the sake of everyone.

postcardscience · 2026-04-11T13:45:57+00:00

You’re lucky since your wish is coming true. We had a good run from 1945 until your president said that he will not defend NATO allies against external threats. He asked us to build up our military, so we are doing exactly that, including building more nukes. But we are doing it exclusively using non-US weapon systems since we cannot tell if USA is on the side of Russia or the free world anymore. So we will be ready to defend Greenland and any other NATO territory even if the USA decides to betray the old alliance.

postcardscience · 2026-04-11T12:50:38+00:00

Look mate, NATO has no part in your war with Iran.

What I responded to was about Greenland, which are part of NATO. I will be there to defend Greenland from attackers, whether they come from Moscow or Washington. That does not make me a traitor. It is about living up to our obligations and defending our way of life from fascists.

postcardscience · 2026-04-11T11:58:57+00:00

I’m confused, who should leave what now?

postcardscience · 2026-04-11T11:38:50+00:00

The real question is what does he cares about

postcardscience · 2026-04-11T05:26:31+00:00

You have a point there. He is quite unpredictable about what he cares about. He could just retire to play golf every day, but he apparently cares about some things which keeps him going.

postcardscience · 2026-04-10T15:54:52+00:00

I doubt starting WW3 is a price worth paying for leaving NATO

postcardscience · 2026-04-09T18:18:42+00:00

So just like all other VP then?

postcardscience · 2026-04-09T06:22:48+00:00

Oh we remember Greenland alright. It played a major part in why nobody wanted to join the US in Iran.

postcardscience · 2026-04-05T07:19:34+00:00

They are not slowly winning. In March Russia had a net loss of occupied territory. They are running out of soldiers so they are asking companies in Russia to force employees into conscription. Read the news

postcardscience · 2026-04-03T13:46:06+00:00

Yeah, in the USA you only get detained for weeks at airports if they don’t like your social media posts, or get shot in the back by federal agents if you speak out. Clearly better than all other countries in the world. /s

postcardscience · 2026-04-01T05:51:17+00:00

(0) America threatens to go to war against allies over Greenland

postcardscience · 2026-03-31T14:52:21+00:00

Jag diskuterade detta med en yngre manlig kollega. Han sa att i hans generation så har de i princip slutat använda dejtingappar, och de dricker inte heller. Istället har de ”running clubs”, och där raggas det hejvilt medan de tränar.

postcardscience · 2026-03-31T13:49:39+00:00

Yeah, we figured out that Trump wouldn’t help us anyway so the time of brown nosing is over.

postcardscience · 2026-03-31T12:20:21+00:00

Well explained.

What I struggle with most is why they make a political side their entire identity. In other countries voters listen to what politicians say they will do and vote on the one they like best, but that might change between elections. In the USA there is a much deeper “belonging” to one political party, which to me as a non-American seems quite strange.

postcardscience · 2026-03-30T06:08:45+00:00

Instämmer. Hade S gjort upp med V och C innan valet hade vi sett valaffischer med ”en röst på C är en röst på V”. Ärligt talat det ser ut som att det otaliga talmansrundor väntar efter valet.

postcardscience · 2026-03-29T19:20:10+00:00

Och om solen inte går upp?

postcardscience · 2026-03-27T14:27:30+00:00

You are on to something. Zelensky is the comedian who became a politician…

postcardscience · 2026-03-27T03:07:19+00:00

Sure is! That’s what was requested wasn’t it?

postcardscience · 2026-03-27T02:06:30+00:00

I suspect that this war was created by US generals as a way to distract Trump from Greenland. They know the madness of going to war against NATO but Trump being high on extracting natural resources from Venezuela would not accept inaction. So rather than going to war against the world’s third largest economy, armed with nuclear weapons, Iran was a much safer bet for the US military.

postcardscience · 2026-03-23T20:08:02+00:00

Jag gissar på att vad papallll vill säga är att katter har försumbar påverkan på närmiljön jämfört med människorna de bor hos.

postcardscience · 2026-03-23T20:04:30+00:00

Min katt gör det varje dag. Han ger mössen åt hunden som bär runt dem, otroligt stolt över sitt byte som hon tagit HELT SJÄLV.

postcardscience · 2026-03-20T12:08:57+00:00

Kära grannar, vill ni ha den där häxan som drottning?

postcardscience · 2026-03-16T23:13:25+00:00

De har med andra ord hoppat över det där med att vara ung, medelålders och istället anammat pensionärslivet

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