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    • Linktank@lemmy.today
      8·
      2 days ago

      I like that you’re sharing your opinion. I just want more information about it, so I can either agree or disagree. What about dissolving NATO would be “Good for humanity”?

    • drktEnglish
      91·
      2 days 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·
          2 days ago

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

            • drktEnglish
              73·
              2 days 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·
                2 days 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·
                  2 days 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·
                2 days 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.