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- Khurram0
"A striking feature of these well-worn arguments over Nato is that they all assume a high degree of familiarity with the thing itself. For all that it is central to a certain conception of Europe – or even the west – few can say what, exactly, it is. Crammed into a four-letter acronym is something more than a simple military alliance. Nato is no longer particularly “Northern”, nor “Atlantic”, nor bound to a “Treaty”, while calling it an “organisation” almost makes it sound like a charitable enterprise. Part of the reason Nato’s shape can be difficult to discern is that the alliance has, at least in the west, won a long war of public relations. In the 50s, Nato sent travelling “caravans” – mass exhibitions and outdoor movie theatres – into the hinterlands of Europe to explain the benefits of the alliance to sceptical populations. Such a strenuous case for Nato no longer needs to be made, and opposition to it has vastly diminished since the 1980s. What was once presumed to be an artefact of the cold war order sits so comfortably at the heart of the west’s military-political-economic system that it is frequently mistaken for a natural feature in the European landscape."
- "Khurram Aziz
Montreal, Canada"
Bruh gtfografician - We have people in Moldova rn freaking out over the war next door - they are not under NATO
and you have the guts to post this shit?
fucking idiotgrafician - And you have the guts to insult me on the internet. Touché!Khurram
- An insult is an insult only if the party addressed is actually aware of the insult - thus you're a proper idiotgrafician
- You momma. In the ass! fUKKHOLEKhurram
- "Khurram Aziz