• NOT_RICK@lemmy.world
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              3 months ago

              Good one. The argument is still bullshit that disregards the agency of independent states to freely associate with whomever they choose.

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                3 months ago

                it also disregards the fact russia dont want to be crushed by the us without a fight. putin aint a saint but come on

        • Eheran@lemmy.world
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          3 months ago

          Instead of this"provoking" I assume NATO should have simply attacked instead? You know, like Russia did over and over again?

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            3 months ago

            no, NATO/US should have not provoked, simple as.

            russia wanted to join NATO over and over for years.

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              3 months ago

              Provoke how?

              What about Russias multiple attacks?

              When did Russia ever say they want to join NATO?

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                3 months ago

                ex-nato head said they wanted to over and over again when putin got to power, in the early 2000s, im sure they kept trying for a while. i vaguely remember news about this at the time.

                russias multiple attacks came much much later when it became clear they were actually hostile to russia, and because moscow is in a pretty delicate, difficult to defend location, before the aral mountains. even the soviets had this in mind, almost a century ago.

                damn, the cia knew war on ukraine would eventually happen if they kept pushing by, like, the late 2000s or something? i’m not sure on the timeline on this one.

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                    3 months ago

                    if we are bringing other small and unrelated conflicts, perhaps this might give an idea of why russia would be hesitant to let NATO/US do whatever they please around them.

                    i suggest you look up the cia involvement i mentioned for more details on your original question though.

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          3 months ago

          Clearly if Ukraine didn’t want to be invaded they shouldn’t have dressed like that