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Russia and the U.S. are both thinking that they are acting in their interests. Russia wants to keep away NATO because they fear NATO will randomly destroy their
by mensetmanusman 3y ago
Russia and the U.S. are both thinking that they are acting in their interests. Russia wants to keep away NATO because they fear NATO will randomly destroy their kleptocracy, and the U.S. wants to weaken nations regularly trying to assassinate citizens in western countries.
The U.S. is 10x more powerful than Russia who is 10x more powerful than Ukraine. Russia falling for the trap of a quagmire on their border is not the fault of the U.S.
- simne 3y agoRussia is very typical Asian country, or to be more strict, typical country of Central Asia, not European, for example, South-Eastern Asia is very different. And Russian behavior is very typical for Central Asia. Absolutely nothing extraordinary. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Asia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Asia
- simne 3y agoU.S. behavior is mostly legacy of British, and partially from continental Europe. And adequate person might notice, U.S. is practically on the border, between European and Latin American parts of world. Practically, the same as Ukraine on the border, between Europe and Central Asia. And this geographic situation is very important, on border you could not be really neutral and weak, you must choose one side and be strong enough to be on this side or you will be divided to sides by some external force.