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by pastacacioepepe 1032 days ago
> No, the USSR was a big grown up country governed by people that understood the difference...

So to rephrase it: never trust NATO's word.

> The standard for notes is to provide relevant context.

And I say it is relevant. NATO claims to be strictly a defensive alliance, the note adds contextual information to show that NATO is both expanding and waging wars of aggression.

What can be more relevant than that?

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> So to rephrase it: never trust NATO's word.

If “trust” to you means “invent application far beyond the context to which a commitment applies”, sure, otherwise, no, that’s not a rephrase.