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I hate how “anti-war” has been hijacked by these people to mean, let imperialist countries invade whoever they want with no consequences. (in the case of tankies, any imperialist country that isn’t in NATO).

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[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 week ago (3 children)

The idea of Ukraine joining NATO was literally unimaginable before Russian aggression. After the fall of the soviet union there were multiple agreements like the Declaration of State Sovereignty of Ukraine and Budapest Memorandum that basically established Ukraine as a sovereign and neutral nation under the protection of the west and east. Even after Russian interventions in Ukraine and finally the taking of Crimea, NATO members like Germany were still vocal about never letting Ukraine in.

Also if Russia truly cared about NATO expansion, how come we barely hear anything about Finland and Sweeden? I occasionally even forget they're a part of it now.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago (2 children)

In the case of Finland, it's because they kicked Russia's ass last time and they would do it again.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

They just have to announce that they've cloned Simo Häyhä and Russia won't even look at them sideways.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

We lost, both times.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago

NATO members like Germany were still vocal about never letting Ukraine in.

I sometimes think that it was exactly because they expected things to go as they did. If they let Ukraine in, they would need to ~~weasel out of helping~~ help, after all