7 ms·
Sure because Russia has a long history of attacking Western Europe unprovoked. Napoleon, WW1, UK US intervention in the Revolution, Polish Invasion and WW2 clea
by orbifold 5y ago
Sure because Russia has a long history of attacking Western Europe unprovoked. Napoleon, WW1, UK US intervention in the Revolution, Polish Invasion and WW2 clearly had Russia as an Aggressor.
- Paradigma11 5y agoOr more recently: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hungarian_Revolution_of_1956 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hungarian_Revolution_of_1956 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prague_Spring https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prague_Spring or those russian soldiers on holiday in the ukraine.
- paganel 5y agoIn all fairness OP was mentioning Western Europe. One could argue about the validity of ideologically partitioning Europe into an Eastern and Western part (I know I'm also guilty of that) but that's another discussion.
- kingsuper20 5y agoI'd say that was done fairly organically given the split between ethnicities and Orthodox vs. Catholic churches. Ukraine seems to straddle one of those boundaries.
- frant-hartm 5y agoIn WW2 Russia actually was one of the aggressors.
- vasac 5y agoWas Poland too?
- lumost 5y agoRussia invaded Poland in coordination with Germany as part of the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact at the start of the war. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molotov%E2%80%93Ribbentrop_Pact https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molotov%E2%80%93Ribbentrop_Pac...
- vasac 5y agoI wasn't asking who was invaded by Russia but whether Poland was aggressor too? And here's the answer: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polish%E2%80%93Czechoslovak_border_conflicts#Annexations_by_Poland_in_1938 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polish%E2%80%93Czechoslovak_bo...
- quickthrowman 5y agoI think you may need to revisit WW2 history, Poland was invaded by the USSR and Germany as part of the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact.
- vasac 5y agoNope, it's you who needs to revisit WW2 history: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polish%E2%80%93Czechoslovak_border_conflicts#Annexations_by_Poland_in_1938 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polish%E2%80%93Czechoslovak_bo...
- kingsuper20 5y agoHey, it's complicated (as usual). Check out all of the minor wars Poland was involved in between 1919 and 1938.
- orbifold 5y agoWell Poland had the brilliant idea of attacking https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polish–Soviet_War https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polish–Soviet_War, right after the end of WW1, so I am sure there was no love between them.
- eloff 5y agoI think you don't know your Russian history. That territory has usually been controlled by an aggressive, expansionist regime. How did you think it got to be the largest country on earth? It's very strongly related to the geography of the region.