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So, because of a deal worked out 80 years ago between America and USSR, the Eastern Europeans including the Ukrainian people should be blocked from determining
by tcbawo 5y ago
So, because of a deal worked out 80 years ago between America and USSR, the Eastern Europeans including the Ukrainian people should be blocked from determining their own destiny?
All of the cited examples of "memory-holed" American provocations are well known and understood by large groups of people in the US (although not always voting majorities). I think perhaps this author is also guilty of fundamental attribution error.
I don't see an answer to the question in the title other than self-reflection.
- lenkite 5y agoAustria is doing exactly this btw. A neutrality treaty signed decades ago which prevents it from joining NATO. https://www.thelocal.at/20220208/explained-the-history-behind-austrias-neutrality/ https://www.thelocal.at/20220208/explained-the-history-behin...
- ABoredBirb 5y agoNeutrality treaties are only worth something as long as your neighbours respect them. Ukraine had signed a treaty with US and Russia to give up its nukes in exchange for guarantees that their territorial integrity would be respected and defended. Putins Russia blatantly broke that treaty in 2014. So much for neutrality.
- mk22 5y agoThis is a common misunderstanding, the deal was either return Soviet nuclear weapons to Russia or get invaded by both NATO and Russia to return the nukes by force. Ukraine never had the ability to control or use them and there are no lasting international protection guarantees.