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It was extremely predictable with extreme hindsight bias only. Most of the eastern Europe entered NATO without an incident. Baltics is closer to Russia's power
by The_Colonel 2y ago
It was extremely predictable with extreme hindsight bias only.
Most of the eastern Europe entered NATO without an incident. Baltics is closer to Russia's power centers (St. Petersburg and Moscow) than Ukraine is. Finland and Sweden entered NATO without incidents. Entering NATO was undeniably beneficial for these countries, since it has a very good safety record of protecting its members. Russia tends to invade countries which didn't yet make it to NATO.
- s1artibartfast 2y agoWhen bush pushed to start the NATO process in 2007, the ambassador to Russia said it would lead to war and strategists agreed. I agree NATO membership is beneficial for basically all its members. It provides a great deal of security to be under the US umbrella. NATO aspirations did not work out well for Georgia.