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> If they want to join NATO (a purely defense alliance, by the way), then that's their business. It's a purely defensive alliance that, somehow, keeps expandin
by random_upvoter 5y ago
> If they want to join NATO (a purely defense alliance, by the way), then that's their business.
It's a purely defensive alliance that, somehow, keeps expanding to the East.
- watwut 5y ago> It's a purely defensive alliance that, somehow, keeps expanding to the East. It keeps expanding, because countries further east wants protection from Russia aggression too. There is nothing contra intuitive or shocking about it. Presence of large aggressor in the region makes other countries want to enter the aliance. Duh.
- tokai 5y agoThis logic is like a wife beater getting angry that the wife flinch when he raise his hand. edit: I guess this is a bad analogy given the status of domestic violence in Russia.
- cuteboy19 5y agoI wonder why countries keep signing up to NATO, maybe someone is threatening to invade?
- jusssi 5y agoBetter yet, saying they won't invade, then two days later invade anyway.
- roca 5y agoRussia's neighbours wanted to join NATO because they were afraid of being invaded by Russia (again) --- and Putin's invasion of Ukraine shows they were exactly right to be thus afraid.
- random_upvoter 5y agoRussia's neighbors can ask all they want, it's up to NATO to decide whether this expansion is desirable and will increase stability. It will not. NATO expanding right to Russia's border is not going to be experienced as some neutral act by Russia.