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2024-12-19 04:28:48 UTC - NOT_HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: FF2ABE92F124FE1292E1AE8A0A1E294FF062914431D5AF31DDE9EB4861B5754D
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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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