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[–] 23 points 2 years ago (11 children)

Ireland has no chance, people here are extremely pro neutrality to the point there were protests when American Airforce jets refueled here. It's not a case of alignment, it's that nobody wants to get involved in any sort of conflict.

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  • [–] 13 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    That was a very long time ago unless I've missed something more recent? (Genuine question) Personally think it's time to re-examine our neutrality

    It feels wrong not to support Ukraine militarily.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago

    Hi-dilly-hi....hi-dilly-ho.....over the side of the boat you go!

    Nah we're all friendly now for the most part. Sporting events excluded naturally where fervent, screaming nationalism from the Irish comes in and the English wonder why we are so angry at them. :D

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago

    There was a lot of backlash in the last few months when Leo Varadkar attended a defense conference which was mostly NATO members. He was forced to state that Ireland will not join any military alliance whatsoever. I do agree that it feels wrong to not support countries that realistically we're aligned with but the Irish military is in such a state that if we tried I'd expect Ukraine to actually donate equipment to us instead

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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    A reunified Ireland could benefit from being in NATO in case England loses their God damn minds and tried to take them back at some point in the future, but I guess those days are over.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    To be fair, Ireland doesn’t have the resources or population to be involved in a continental conflict in a impactful way. Getting involved in a war you might not win and might result in the end of your small nation isn’t normally a good idea.

    I don’t believe nato could lose a war with Russia, but I don’t blame Ireland for not wanting to risk it

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    If Russia somehow won a war against NATO and took over all the European NATO countries, which is the vast majority of Europe, what would prevent them from just taking over the leftover bits at that point?

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago

    Yeah neutrality is worthless at that point. Sure Hitler wasn't going to stop with the UK. We were definitely next.

    The main advantage it has given us has been as a trusted UN peacekeeper where the Irish Defence Forces have been seen as a neutral third part to conflict and they have done and continue to do solid work abroad in that regard.

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