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He also wrote 5000 words long essay last year how Ukraine shouldn't really exist and is really just a part of Russia and in his long rant announcing the invasio
by samastur 5y ago
He also wrote 5000 words long essay last year how Ukraine shouldn't really exist and is really just a part of Russia and in his long rant announcing the invasion barely mentioned NATO at all.
But sure, all that NATO name dropping surely is the reason for this aggression on a sovereign nation.
- pydry 5y agoYeah he said that he wanted to "denazify" the place too which is bollocks as well. These were both pretexts. He probably believes the crap about them being brothers but it wouldnt be enough to trigger an invasion. NATO as a threat is very real, though. It is enough.
- samastur 5y agoNATO until this week was full of countries who couldn't bother equipping their armies with basic necessities. German soldiers used broomsticks during one NATO exercise and even those with somewhat competent armies were optimising for "surgical" interventions instead of large conflicts. Threat was more rhetorical than real. All that went out of the window now.
- pydry 5y agoAngry heavily armed NATO troops in Warsaw matter less to Moscow than the potential for NATO troops in Mariupol poised to cut Russia off from the caucauses and the black sea. It's like the geopolitical equivalent of shouting aggressively at a bear from a mile away vs just being between her and her cubs. Ukrainian-Russian border is where Russia is at its most vulnerable, hence why the reaction to projected NATO encroachment is so violent.
- samastur 5y agoGood point.