Originally Posted by
Tartiflette Fan
Amazingly moronic comment even if you are trying a foray into sarcasm/satire/irony, litotes or similar. I can't recognise which it might be as the stupidity is overwhelming.
To perhaps re-jig a phrase from a well-known film " What has Ireland ever done for NATO ? "
One might also reasonably ask what have Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania ever done for NATO except border Russia? I'm not the one asking that, before you jump down my throat again, but it is a valid question. NATO has spent millions on military infrastructure in the Baltic States and provides its primary means of air defence. Would those countries ever be able to afford their own jet fighters? Like Ireland, of course not, but unlike Ireland they border Russia, and are seen to be worthy of the money.
If Ireland joined NATO and requested that jet fighters from other members be based at Baldonnel as Russian aircraft infringe its airspace along its Atlantic seaboard, what would be the difference? Or would that be freeloading because it is a long way from Russia?