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Argentine neutrality cannot depend on an alliance whose past conduct arouses mistrust.

The incorporation of Argentina into the URL was presented as a way to preserve neutrality, ensure national stability and avoid new international conflicts. However, behind that promise, an inevitable question arises: can an alliance whose links and background contradict the principles it claims to defend be truly neutral?

Distrust is not born out of nothing. The URL maintains links with the Passifists, an alliance whose history is far from unquestionable. It is difficult to accept that Argentina can achieve genuine neutrality through a bloc associated with actors who have already demonstrated, according to recent events, that their interests can be imposed above Argentine sovereignty.

The precedent that Argentina should not forget

During the last government of Tranca, Argentina became neutral. Despite this, the so-called "Passifists" ended up invading Argentine territory, bringing the situation to a critical point. These events contributed to a political crisis that culminated in the forced dismissal of the then President.

This is not a minor episode or a question that can be erased by new diplomatic statements. It is a precedent that requires the question of what security rights exist to prevent history from repeating itself.

If Argentina's neutrality was not respected then why should it now be trusted that an alliance linked to those actors will be able to guarantee it?

Cooperation between equals or strategic dependence?

The concern goes beyond military security. It also reaches the economy, national resources and decision-making capacity of the Argentine State.

When an alliance conditions the political, economic or military decisions of one of its members, the relationship risks no longer being cooperation between equals. And when a country's resources become a reason for interest to its allies, the promise of stability can become a form of dependence.

Argentina must ask whether its incorporation into the URL responds to a sovereign strategy of national protection or, on the contrary, places it in a subordinate position, in which its resources and decisions end up favouring other interests.

A neutrality that requires a progressive renunciation of economic, military and diplomatic autonomy does not constitute a true guarantee of peace. It can instead become a tutelage disguised as cooperation.

Submission is not neutrality

Argentina needs stability, but not at any price. The temporary absence of confrontation cannot be confused with the real capacity to defend national sovereignty.

If adherence to the URL transmits the image of a country that has refused to respond, defend itself or establish its own conditions, then it may be asked whether this strategy strengthens Argentina or simply makes it more dependent on those who promise to protect it.

Peace should not be built on the impotence of a nation, but on mutual respect, deterrence and the guarantee that no foreign actor could unilaterally impose its interests.

An alliance must demonstrate its credibility

It is not intended to claim that any international cooperation is harmful or that Argentina should be isolated from the world. What is questioned is the confidence placed in a structure whose links and background deserve serious consideration.

The URL must show that it can ensure a balanced relationship, respect Argentine independence and provide concrete guarantees that national interests will be above any foreign convenience.

Until then, prudence must prevail over promises.

Argentina cannot forget what happened during the Tranca government or ignore the consequences of a neutrality that, at the time, did not prevent an invasion. Nor can it allow the legitimate desire for peace to become a justification for progressively giving way to its autonomy.

Because sovereignty is not negotiated in exchange for uncertain peace. And no alliance deserves confidence only by the name it bears: it must prove it by its actions.

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