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> Sure, and before that? NATO has been expanding since the USSR fell. The year the USSR fell, the Russians invaded Georgia. So conveniently, Russian imperiali
by _kbh_ 4y ago
> Sure, and before that? NATO has been expanding since the USSR fell.
The year the USSR fell, the Russians invaded Georgia.
So conveniently, Russian imperialism has existed since practically as soon as Russia existed.
Maybe if Russia stopped invading countries that used to be in the USSR NATO would stop expanding.
But it's clear that they cannot help themselves and they clearly believe they have a right to try and conquer these counties.
- naasking 4y agoThe USSR fell in 1991 and the Russo-Georgia war wasn't until 2008. If you mean the South Ossetia conflict, that was an internal conflict by separatists that had some Russian assistance, much like Ukraine is getting NATO assistance. That's not what people typically mean by "invasion".
- _kbh_ 4y ago> The USSR fell in 1991 and the Russo-Georgia war wasn't until 2008. If you mean the South Ossetia conflict, that was an internal conflict by separatists that had some Russian assistance, much like Ukraine is getting NATO assistance. That's not what people typically mean by "invasion". There certainly seems to be plenty of claims that Russia was overtly involved in conflict in south Ossetia and it was much more then just "assistance".