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That's a very naive take. They weren't russian colonies but they were within its sphere of influence. Just like cuba, canada and the entire western hemisphere i
by qiskit 5y ago
That's a very naive take. They weren't russian colonies but they were within its sphere of influence. Just like cuba, canada and the entire western hemisphere is within our sphere of influence. Do you know what would have lead to an invasion of canada? Canada's request to join the soviet union. Every major power has its sphere of influence and limits. The only shame is that we don't get to feel the pain of our actions. It will be ukrainians and eventually taiwanese who will feel the pain of our meddling. Just like in iraq, iran, syria, libya, etc. Hopefully that comes to an end sooner than later so we'll stop causing trouble everywhere in the world. When you actually look all the wars and death and suffering in the past few decades, we've had a hand in practically all of them.
- Dma54rhs 5y agoNo we basically begged nato to take us under protection. There are many things people don't like in Eastern Europe about America but no one doubt Russia is the greater evil. Only Americans can afford self reflection and self criticism. There is no such thing in Russia and no one wants to live under baron robber regime, its objective reality. Some countries have been born to wrong geopolitical location and don't have much choice.
- dragonwriter 5y ago> That's a very naive take. No, it's factual. > They weren't russian colonies but they were within its sphere of influence A “sphere of influence” is a collection of peripheries of metropolitan state, a geographically compact set of colonies. Your explanation is self-contradictory. > Just like cuba, canada and the entire western hemisphere is within our sphere of influence. They... aren't. Yes, the US asserted something like that with the Monroe Doctrine in the 19th C, but it's not at all the case now. The US has many allies in the Western Hemisphere, some of who might reasonably be viewed as client states, but it definitely doesn't include Cuba or the whole hemisphere. > Do you know what would have lead to an invasion of canada? Canada's request to join the soviet union. Whataboutism is silliest when it has to rely on speculative assumptions about ridiculous counterfactuals. > The only shame is that we don't get to feel the pain of our actions If you really feel it is a shame that you don't get to feel the pain of the crisis in Ukraine, that's...easily fixable.
- redisman 5y agoMaybe they don’t want to be ruled by Russia? This whole comment is pointless as you just discard what the actual people and countries want. Smaller countries are not just chess pieces.
- selfhoster11 5y agoNaive it not, these countries have a right to self-determination and sovereignty, especially after what the USSR has been doing to them for decades.