The "Russia had to attack because of NATO" thing confuses me. Lots of people intelligent enough to e.g. write for Foreign Policy, seem to not be able to give a clear reason for this being the case, but still strongly believe it.
This article links to some NATO official "admitting" this was the case, when actually it seems to be someone pointing out how stupid a reason this is in a second language i.e. "you don't like NATO on your border so you invade a neighbor, which gives all your other neighbors a good reason to join NATO, that's dumb".
But apparently that's the best evidence he has that he was right alone along and it's all NATO's fault.
It was never about fear of NATO. It was about expanding the empire - and feeding a autocratic dictatorship that needs a common enemy and distract from the absurdity of having the maybe the country richest in the world in natural resources - and yet a large portion of the population doesn't have indoor plumbing, while an oligarch-elite murders opposition and flies helicopter to get to their super-yacht...
> Yes, Ukraine is a democracy, but also one that still contains some unsavory elements
And you think getting rid of those 'unsavory elements', replacing them with an authoritarian, warmongering Putin led puppet government would be an improvement for the world?
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[ 2.7 ms ] story [ 265 ms ] threadThis article links to some NATO official "admitting" this was the case, when actually it seems to be someone pointing out how stupid a reason this is in a second language i.e. "you don't like NATO on your border so you invade a neighbor, which gives all your other neighbors a good reason to join NATO, that's dumb".
But apparently that's the best evidence he has that he was right alone along and it's all NATO's fault.
Norway - down to 20% of pre-2022: https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russian-forces-near-nor...
Finland "border almost undefended"- : https://www.ft.com/content/f7587dc3-3518-4084-b68a-1dd00ab83...
It was never about fear of NATO. It was about expanding the empire - and feeding a autocratic dictatorship that needs a common enemy and distract from the absurdity of having the maybe the country richest in the world in natural resources - and yet a large portion of the population doesn't have indoor plumbing, while an oligarch-elite murders opposition and flies helicopter to get to their super-yacht...
And you think getting rid of those 'unsavory elements', replacing them with an authoritarian, warmongering Putin led puppet government would be an improvement for the world?
What utter drivel.