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One quote from - I believe - Lawrow was how the US would react if Cuba or Venezuela were asking to be accepted into that anti-NATO Russia has apparently been bu
by xg15 5y ago
One quote from - I believe - Lawrow was how the US would react if Cuba or Venezuela were asking to be accepted into that anti-NATO Russia has apparently been building.
Two wrongs don't make a right, but I think it's a valid question to ask if the argument is purely about the freedom of countries to make their own decisions.
- ephbit 5y agoJohn Mearsheimer spoke about this in this IMO quite entertaining talk in Jan 2019 here: The Great Delusion: Liberal Dreams and International Realities | SOAS University of London Mearsheimer's "NATO example" concerning Russia: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ni9rncx8ceA&t=2807 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ni9rncx8ceA&t=2807 Earlier he also lists failed attempts to bring liberal democracy to other countries that ended in disaster and then states: > " .. the Americans have foolishly driven the Russians into the arms of the Chinese .." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ni9rncx8ceA&t=2304 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ni9rncx8ceA&t=2304
- nitwit005 5y agoIt sounds like they did threaten to move troops to both places you listed, but it didn't get much of a reaction: https://thehill.com/policy/defense/589595-russia-suggests-military-deployments-to-cuba-venezuela-an-option https://thehill.com/policy/defense/589595-russia-suggests-mi... They did have an intelligence base in Cuba until 2002, and I don't believe anyone particularly cared.