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Head of NATO says Russia invaded Ukraine because of NATO expansionism (www.nato.int)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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From the guy's own mouth.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

"Everyone around me is arming themselves. Better stab the one that hasn't got a weapon because I agreed to defend them a while back. That'll fix it."

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

What?

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

Invading a non-NATO country does not do anything whatsoever to counter NATO presence near Russia. Russia has already had a land border with NATO for twenty years. Thanks to Finland joining it also just got a lot bigger, because funnily enough if Russia starts throwing its weight around everyone else is going to look for security from Russia. This reasoning doesn't even explain Russia's invasion, never mind justify it

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Are you pretending that Ukraine did not apply for NATO membership, or that NATO stated they were planning to place nukes there (which we only learned because Ukraine was cheering it on Twitter)?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I'm not pretending anything. I'm saying that even if Russia fully annexed Ukraine in 24 hours flat, it wouldn't move NATO's borders any further away from Russia.