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  • drktEnglish
    91·
    1 day ago

    I’m not in the US

    It has to do with the fact that my country exists because NATO protects it. Russia violates our airspace regularly.

      • drktEnglish
        73·
        1 day ago

        As opposed to the Russian vassal it would’ve been if not?

          • drktEnglish
            73·
            1 day ago

            k man

            All Russia has to do is stop being aggressive to its neighbors and NATO will automatically start falling apart. NATO support before Russia invaded Ukraine was decreasing.

            • BurgerPunk [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
              121·
              24 hours ago

              All Russia has to do is stop being aggressive to its neighbors and NATO will automatically start falling apart

              Then why was it that when the Russian Federation asked to join NATO back in the 90’s they were refused?

              What about when the Soviet Union asked to join back in like '48 was it denied?

              Because it exists to be aggressive toward designated enemies of the US

              • BrikoX@lemmy.zipOPMEnglish
                41·
                23 hours ago

                Then why was it that when the Russian Federation asked to join NATO back in the 90’s they were refused?

                Do you have a source for this? I can’t find any reference apart from a random interview given by Putin.

                What about when the Soviet Union asked to join back in like '48 was it denied?

                It was in '54. It’s hard to know why it was rejected since all those conversations are classified, but publically it was stated that Russia’s lack of democracy was the cause. I’m sure US hatred of communism had an influence.

                Though I’m not sure that USSR had honest intentions of being a long term member instead of using it as opportunity to sabotage the treaty that would be negative for their interests in the works at the time.

            • ShimmeringKoi [comrade/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
              8·
              23 hours ago

              America and 18 other countries invaded Russia in 1918 to restore the monarchy, kicking off a century of relentless aggression. They aren’t the ones who started this cycle and they’re not the ones with the power to stop it. We are.