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Around a year ago, I was convinced Putin wouldn't invade Ukraine because the West would find new energy sources, starving Russia of key income, and Sweden and F
by threadweaver34 4y ago
Around a year ago, I was convinced Putin wouldn't invade Ukraine because the West would find new energy sources, starving Russia of key income, and Sweden and Finland would join NATO. Not only that, Russia is now confirmed to be the the junior partner in its relationship with China.
In hindsight, I do buy into the argument that NATO grew too much to the east, and there would have been wisdom in creating an "DMZ" between NATO and Russia. The growth of NATO left Putin feeling trapped. It would have been better to slowly move Western resource sources to better sources and friendlier countries.
- StefanWestfal 4y agoI would argue that the Russian invasion proved the new NATO members right. At the end of the day Russia reserved itself the right to use brute force when it sees it's own interest threatened. For a lot of countries the only chance to defend themselves if attacked by Russia was and is to join NATO.