Colombia was in NATO?
It was a “partner nation” aka the bootlicker club.
And Colombia is, like, bootlicker of all bootlickers of US empire.
was
Now Argentina holds that place, together with Ecuador and Peru, but the biggest bootlicker in south america is still Paraguay.
Apparently there are a gaggle of countries that are "Global Partners". Some of these make sense (dogs of the empire such as Australia and Japan), but I have no fucking clue what's up with the rest.
Pakistan was/is due to afghan war. Mongolia for the biolabs that will be used against china & russia in any coming war.
Well,Iraq and Afghanistan are self explanatory
Pakistan sided with the US in the Cold War
Only one that doesn't make sense is Mongolia wtf
Damdin Sükhbaatar rolling in his grave. Which is impressive cause he was cremated.....in 2005 after being exhumed which feels weird. To make room for new monuments apparently. Replaced his mausoleum with one for Genghis Khan. Gotta love ethno-nationalism
Mongolia is very wierd, being somewhat close to the west,but in between the two biggest enemies of the west
And also has a very good relationship with Russia.
Yeah still a lot of fraternal feelings there
Replaced his mausoleum with one for Genghis Khan.
Unspeakably awful.
Never knew Colombia was part of NATO, no wonder there are so many Colombian mercs fighting in Ukraine. Petro is too based, I worry for him.
Colombia was the US empire’s #1 dog in the hemisphere for decades before Petro, your worries are real
Hence having the biggest narcos around (until oir leaders in Mexico outlicked the asses of the gringos)
It’s a Major Non-NATO ally country. Basically NATO in every way without article 5
The president announced a thorough purge of the diplomatic corps and intelligence officers who have sabotaged his foreign policy, particularly his relationship with China. “All the ambassadors — those I call white because they were raised in feudal diplomacy — are leaving.”
He added: “The change in embassy staff in China sabotages relations, changes my schedules, cancels appointments without our knowledge.” He also criticized the intelligence representative in the US and proposed suspending the deployment of officials to that country: “We’re going to replace all those representatives. In fact, I think none of them should go to the United States anymore.”
holy fucking based. finally a leader who remembers how to purge the ranks. 
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Col~~u~~ombia

ColOmbia
I guess Columbia (the private university and white people fleece jackets brand) does belong in NATO

Old Testament Petro is making a come back, and I'm all here for it.
Get ready for a regime change
They can very well fucking try
you can be sure they will
Fucking loving Colombia's leadership lately, comrade. You must be so proud.
Absolutely! It's great to have a president at the vanguard today. Sadly he is the exception and not the norm

You think they haven't been desperate to since the moment he got elected?
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