[waihtis]

This is as much a defense policy decision as it is an economic one. Hard for us to get foreign investment living next to a dictatorial warstate unless there's some risk mitigation in place.

Not that I don't trust the FDF, pound-for-pound one of the better military organizations out there. (and a happy member of it myself.)

[duxup]

It’s interesting how those same reasons, depending on the time line, would encourage joining, or not joining…. depending on when you consider them.