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> That is the kind of diplomacy would have prevented Russia from invading its neighbours. Only if you subscribe to the argument that Russia has no intention to
by mopsi 2y ago
> That is the kind of diplomacy would have prevented Russia from invading its neighbours.
Only if you subscribe to the argument that Russia has no intention to gobble up countries west of it at least to the furthest extent of USSR and its satellites.
No European neighbors of Russia subscribe to that anymore. Finland and Sweden were the last holdouts who thought that having a "responsible" diplomacy would prevent war with Russia, but the absurd and fabricated excuses Russia uses to justify the invasion of Ukraine have destroyed almost overnight all credibility of that line of thought.
Assuming imperialistic intentions, staying neutral and out of alliances only lowers the cost of invasion for Russia. If Russia decides to invade a country like Poland, then at the moment they risk a large multinational response that can go far-far beyond Poland's own means, up to a nuclear war. If Poland didn't have solid allies, the potential cost associated with the invasion would be considerably smaller for Russia.
- roenxi 2y ago> Only if you subscribe to the argument that Russia has no intention to gobble up countries west of it at least to the furthest extent of USSR and its satellites. Russia doesn't have any intention of doing that. Putin is currently 71 and we've seen no particular interest in grand campaigns to reconstitute the USSR so far in his lifetime, it isn't going to start. It turns out they weren't even militarily prepared to take Ukraine! They thought they could just launch a quick decapitation strike and be done. The USSR leadership disbanded the USSR in the 90s, so if they've culturally reversed position on that completely in 30 years it shows a stunning failure of western diplomacy to support them in doing the right thing. > No European neighbors of Russia subscribe to that anymore. Things like this is why letting them in to NATO would worry Russia. They are paranoid and panicking. I can understand why; I would be if I were a small country with a Russian border or close to one. But, nevertheless, their attitudes are one risk factor for escalating the situation from bad to catastrophic.
- chihuahua 2y ago> Russia doesn't have any intention of doing that. That's a strange thing to say while Russia is in the middle of of gobbling up Ukraine (a country west of it within the extent of the USSR)