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Extending the zone of safe and free society is definitely in our interests. I don't know when it became in vogue to openly shit on the Democratic Peace Theory,
by jessedhillon 10y ago
Extending the zone of safe and free society is definitely in our interests. I don't know when it became in vogue to openly shit on the Democratic Peace Theory, but it's certainly not for a lack of evidence. I guess it's something that you people have committed us to relearning.
- icebraining 10y agoBut you didn't extend the zone of safe and free society; if anything, you reduced it. And it's not like you can claim it was an unforeseen consequence: Russia told you explicitly that they would "take military and other steps along its borders if ex-Soviet Ukraine and Georgia join NATO" [1], an then they proceeded to do just that in Georgia [2]. So you poked the bear without having any way to contain it, and you shouldn't be surprised that people blame you for it having razed the village. [1] http://www.reuters.com/article/us-russia-nato-steps-idUSL1143027920080411 http://www.reuters.com/article/us-russia-nato-steps-idUSL114... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russo-Georgian_War https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russo-Georgian_War