> pushed into the meat grinder to satisfy some unholy combination of military profiteering, resource colonialism, bad foreign policy, and hubris. Or, you know,

> pushed into the meat grinder to satisfy some unholy combination of military profiteering, resource colonialism, bad foreign policy, and hubris. Or, you know, not to be the victims of genocide? > Recall a leading diplomat in the West promised Gorbachev not to move NATO "an inch to the east" as the Soviet Union fell. Ah, the old "NATO forced Russia to start a genocide" bullshit. The only reason NATO is expanding is the atrocities Russia is committing. If they don't want a _defense_ alliance close to their borders then maybe they should stop invading other countries? > Do you think this is some kind of game? No, I think it's a blatant example of fascist imperialism, and useful idiots who wants to bow to it.