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A lot of Americans are American because their European ancestors got sick of European affairs and wanted a clean break from it. Nonetheless, a lot of the anti-
by skorpeon87 4y ago
A lot of Americans are American because their European ancestors got sick of European affairs and wanted a clean break from it.
Nonetheless, a lot of the anti-interventionist rhetoric seen on the net today feels very astroturfed. Anybody accusing NATO of warmongering is safe to write off as a Russian-aligned troll, considering Russia is the one who actually invaded a foreign country. NATO's "war mongering" amounts to offering sanctuary to the countries with a rational fear of being invaded by Russia.
- zokar 4y agoIn other words, one is not allowed to speculate about a different outcome if NATO hadn't pushed forward so aggressively. The realism school of Mearsheimer is forbidden. Freedom of thought is one of the first casualties of the war.
- Paradigma11 4y agoAll those nations decided to join NATO freely and sent an application. NATO then approved those applications. Those nations are also free to leave NATO again if they want to. The other side annexes territories of a neighbouring souvereign nation and bombs the infrastructure to rubble with the goal of making the freezing population surrender. Russia, like many former colonial empires, hangs onto its dreams of Greatness and Restoration. It is up to Russia to find a new befitting place and way for its nation in the international community and history. Many other former empires were forced to do the same.
- skorpeon87 4y ago
- anon291 4y agoI'm not European descended and could care less about what those people think of their home countries. My parents and family gave up ours when they came to this country and became citizens. I recommend those of European ancestry do so too.