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minus-squarelightnsfw@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up33arrow-down3·2 years agoNATO wouldn’t need to expand if Russia wasn’t constantly threatening their neighbors.
minus-squaresurph_ninja@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down39·2 years agoThey’ve only ever threatened their neighbors during NATO expansion efforts.
minus-squareTattorack@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up22arrow-down1·2 years agoI see you haven’t spoken to many people from Finland… Or Latvia… Or Syria… Or Chechnya… Or Ukrainians, for that matter.
minus-squaresurph_ninja@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down29·2 years agoYou wanna name anymore western imperialist projects?
minus-squareNιƙƙιDιɱҽʂ@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up20arrow-down1·2 years ago“Everyone who’s afraid of Russia (for good reason) is a western imperialist project”
minus-squarelightnsfw@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up19arrow-down2·2 years agoRussia was threatening their neighbors before NATO even existed.
minus-squaresurph_ninja@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down24·2 years agoNATO existed before Russia, genius. It’s an anti-Soviet org.
minus-squarelightnsfw@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up16arrow-down3·2 years agoThe Soviet Union was still Russia. They’ve not changed their attitude since then.
minus-squaresurph_ninja@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down2·2 years agoThen explain this different government, economy, and borders.
minus-squareuienia@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down1·2 years agoYour immense historical knowledge seems to have missed the fact that Russia existed long before the Soviet Union, Einstein.
minus-squaresurph_ninja@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down3·2 years agoYou’re proposing that this Russia is the same one? When did they re-establish the czar?
minus-squarezarkanian@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down3·2 years ago They’ve only ever threatened their neighbors during NATO expansion efforts. This is abuser logic. “If you would quit misbehaving, then I wouldn’t have to hit you!”
minus-squaresurph_ninja@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down4·2 years agoIt’s an adult understanding of international politics. Aggression rarely goes unanswered.
minus-squareuienia@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down1·2 years agoComplete horseshit. They literally invaded and installed a puppet regime in Chechnia, and there were zero NATO “expansion efforts” there. And that is just one example out of many.
NATO wouldn’t need to expand if Russia wasn’t constantly threatening their neighbors.
They’ve only ever threatened their neighbors during NATO expansion efforts.
I see you haven’t spoken to many people from Finland… Or Latvia… Or Syria… Or Chechnya… Or Ukrainians, for that matter.
You wanna name anymore western imperialist projects?
“Everyone who’s afraid of Russia (for good reason) is a western imperialist project”
Russia was threatening their neighbors before NATO even existed.
NATO existed before Russia, genius. It’s an anti-Soviet org.
The Soviet Union was still Russia. They’ve not changed their attitude since then.
Then explain this different government, economy, and borders.
Your immense historical knowledge seems to have missed the fact that Russia existed long before the Soviet Union, Einstein.
You’re proposing that this Russia is the same one? When did they re-establish the czar?
This is abuser logic. “If you would quit misbehaving, then I wouldn’t have to hit you!”
It’s an adult understanding of international politics. Aggression rarely goes unanswered.
Complete horseshit. They literally invaded and installed a puppet regime in Chechnia, and there were zero NATO “expansion efforts” there. And that is just one example out of many.