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Right, so NATO could have decided to admit Ukraine at any time and then immediately attempt to force Russia out of Crimea, a scenario which I expect kept Putin
by empressplay 5y ago
Right, so NATO could have decided to admit Ukraine at any time and then immediately attempt to force Russia out of Crimea, a scenario which I expect kept Putin awake at night.
- dragonwriter 5y ago> Right, so NATO could have decided to admit Ukraine at any time and then immediately attempt to force Russia out of Crimea Just like when they admitted Spain, they immediately tried to force Britain out of Gibraltar. (Yes, that's an actual, ongoing, territorial dispute, that also involves a meta-dispute over who gets to be involved on discussion about resolving the primary dispute.) The Washington Treaty does not have a prohibition against resolving territorial disputes without immediate resort to armed force.