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2024-12-19 17:04:46 UTC - NOT_HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 771D7A5660E5A48F5E896D6B5344EE26F35E37B74B9310A4F53BDB016E1E0853
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It is indeed "stupid and wrong" to claim that "Clinton added Poland, Hungary and Romania to NATO in 1999". Clinton did not "add" them. *Accession* needs approval of all member states, 16 at the time, plus the applying country. In Hungary, a referendum was approved by 85%. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1997_Hungarian_NATO_membership_referendum https://www.nato.int/docu/speech/1997/s970221b.htm
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