NATO expansion
3 episodes mention this concept.
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Voices on NATO expansion
Standout quotes from every episode that touches this concept.
"I think Ron Paul is the greatest living American hero."
"The military industrial complex in America, it’s so big and it’s so sophisticated."
"That’s not a democracy, that’s an apartheid state."
"The people advocating that we expand NATO are going to continue advocating it and advocating it and advocating it."
— George Kennan in Dave Smith: Israel, Hamas, Ukraine, Russia, Conspiracies & Antisemitism
"In the international system, there’s no higher authority, so if you get into trouble and you dial 911, there’s nobody at the other end."
— John Mearsheimer in John Mearsheimer: Israel-Palestine, Russia-Ukraine, China, NATO, and WW3
"The best example of what happens when you’re weak in international politics is what the Chinese call the century of national humiliation."
— John Mearsheimer in John Mearsheimer: Israel-Palestine, Russia-Ukraine, China, NATO, and WW3
"If you criticize Israel, some people will say you’re an antisemite. And if that’s your definition of antisemitism, it’s taken an important term and stretched it to the point where it’s meaningless."
— John Mearsheimer in John Mearsheimer: Israel-Palestine, Russia-Ukraine, China, NATO, and WW3
"The idea that you can use with Ze’ev Jabotinsky called The Iron Wall, to beat the Palestinians into submission is delusional."
— John Mearsheimer in John Mearsheimer: Israel-Palestine, Russia-Ukraine, China, NATO, and WW3