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minus-squarelightnsfw@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up33arrow-down3·2 days agoNATO wouldn’t need to expand if Russia wasn’t constantly threatening their neighbors.
minus-squaresurph_ninja@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down38·2 days agoThey’ve only ever threatened their neighbors during NATO expansion efforts.
minus-squareuienia@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down1·1 day 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.
minus-squarelightnsfw@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up18arrow-down2·2 days agoRussia was threatening their neighbors before NATO even existed.
minus-squaresurph_ninja@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down23·2 days agoNATO existed before Russia, genius. It’s an anti-Soviet org.
minus-squareuienia@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down1·1 day agoYour immense historical knowledge seems to have missed the fact that Russia existed long before the Soviet Union, Einstein.
minus-squaresurph_ninja@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down2·1 day agoYou’re proposing that this Russia is the same one? When did they re-establish the czar?
minus-squarelightnsfw@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up16arrow-down2·2 days agoThe Soviet Union was still Russia. They’ve not changed their attitude since then.
minus-squaresurph_ninja@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·1 day agoThen explain this different government, economy, and borders.
minus-squareTattorack@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up22arrow-down1·2 days 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-up1arrow-down28·2 days agoYou wanna name anymore western imperialist projects?
minus-squareNιƙƙιDιɱҽʂ@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up19arrow-down1·2 days ago“Everyone who’s afraid of Russia (for good reason) is a western imperialist project”
minus-squarezarkanian@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down2·2 days 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-up1arrow-down2·1 day agoIt’s an adult understanding of international politics. Aggression rarely goes unanswered.
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.
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.
Russia was threatening their neighbors before NATO even existed.
NATO existed before Russia, genius. It’s an anti-Soviet org.
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?
The Soviet Union was still Russia. They’ve not changed their attitude since then.
Then explain this different government, economy, and borders.
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”
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.