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>And why would former Soviet Republic want to be in NATO? Most of them say it's because they're afraid of Russian invasion. So you have a big countries that, f
by rcMgD2BwE72F 5y ago
>And why would former Soviet Republic want to be in NATO? Most of them say it's because they're afraid of Russian invasion.
So you have a big countries that, for various reasons (WWII and Cold War, for one) fear about its security. They said repeatedly that they'll act if the US continues to expand NATO further onto Russia's borders. Russia intervenes so countries close to Russia fear they might be invade.
I fully understand the legitimate fear of these countries but why NATO wants to continue to expand when the US/EU knows perfectly that this only makes Russia more aggressive. We (the West) knew that Russia would act (military if need be https://twitter.com/RnaudBertrand/status/1498491107902062592 https://twitter.com/RnaudBertrand/status/1498491107902062592 but because we refuses to tell Ukraine that NATO is full, we have Russia invading Ukraine and we refuse to defend them military. How is this positive for Ukrainians? They won't join NATO (because the West doesn't want to go to war with Russia directly) but they'll be ruined by a tragic war. Only China is winning here.
- ch4s3 5y ago> but why NATO wants to continue to expand when the US/EU knows perfectly that this only makes Russia more aggressive This seems ridiculous to me. Russia has been aggressive to its neighbors for a hundred years. > They won't join NATO (because the West doesn't want to go to war with Russia directly) but they'll be ruined by a tragic war. They couldn't join because the second Viktor Yanukovych was gone, Russia invaded the east and took Crimea. You can't join NATO while in an active conflict. People seem to be forgetting that the very second his henchman got tossed out he invaded. The precipitating event was a trade deal with the EU, not a bid to enter NATO.