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> isn't NATO reaching Russian borders a threat? No. NATO is a defensive alliance. Easter European countries are in NATO specifically to protect against the ki
by xdennis 5y ago
> isn't NATO reaching Russian borders a threat?
No. NATO is a defensive alliance. Easter European countries are in NATO specifically to protect against the kind of aggression you're seeing in Ukraine now.
Russia used to regularly invade neighbors: Poland 1939, Romania, Baltic countries, Finland 1940, Everywhere 1944, Hungary 1956, Czechoslovakia 1968. None have been invaded since joining NATO.
NATO expansion is removing threats, not creating them.