• @spongebue
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    166 months ago

    Putin should have no reason to give a rat’s ass if any country is in NATO, unless he plans on invading it.

    • @[email protected]
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      -56 months ago

      They correctly feel that nato is an anti soviet/russian union. Why should they not be concerned about it getting on their border?

      • @spongebue
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        116 months ago

        What is NATO doing to interfere with Russia’s domestic operations and sovereignty? Ukraine is not Russia, so Russia should have no say in the matter just because they’re next to each other.

        Same thing would apply if Ukraine were to invade Russia. Ukraine would have no business doing so.

        • @[email protected]
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          -26 months ago

          Putting arms near their border… This has been a known problem since the cuban missle crisis.

          • @spongebue
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            86 months ago

            I’m also curious how annexing a country and extending your borders to countries already in NATO solves that problem?

          • @spongebue
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            66 months ago

            And what history does NATO have of using their arms for offensive purposes, rather than defense?

            • @[email protected]
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              -46 months ago

              A really big history… Take a peak at what countries are in nato and realize they have a long history of being directly in conflict with Russia/Soviet Union.

              • @spongebue
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                56 months ago

                You mean like being a part of the USSR and wanting nothing to do with them?

                • @[email protected]
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                  -46 months ago

                  Or directly fighting them and having a 40 year long cold war. Maybe most of those countries have been in direct war with russia in recent memory.

                  • @spongebue
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                    46 months ago

                    Or maybe Ukraine isn’t the aggressor here and Putin is proving why Ukraine wants to be in NATO