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You're deflecting. I remind you that I asked 'Why?' in response to your bold statement "Not letting e.g. Baltics into NATO/EU would almost certainly mean they
by gdy 4y ago
You're deflecting.
I remind you that I asked 'Why?' in response to your bold statement "Not letting e.g. Baltics into NATO/EU would almost certainly mean they have been already absorbed back into Russia. The rest of CEE would be vassalized."
- The_Colonel 4y agoAnd I responded to you that Russia has both long and recent history of imperialism in this region.
- gdy 4y agoJust like almost anyone else which makes it a deflection and not an answer.
- The_Colonel 4y agoNo, the countries in question have been recently threatened only by Russia. The only other recent aggressor was by that point completely pacified Germany.
- gdy 4y agoAgain, you are justifying an action by the reaction to it.
- The_Colonel 4y agoNo, these aggressions happened in the recent history (< 100 years) before NATO accessions. Once in NATO, these countries were off limits (= main lure of the membership).
- gdy 4y agoYou are going in circles: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32829679 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32829679
- The_Colonel 4y agoYou're going in circles. We're not discussing why Russia started CSTO, but why CEE nations felt the need to enter NATO. The fact that Russia was also invaded in its history bears no relevancy in this matter.
- gdy 4y agoAnd here we go again. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32835337 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32835337