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The problem is it's a point widely pushed by Russian propagandists. True or not, earnest or not in inquiry, people will reflexively judge it all the same.
by TOMDM 2y ago
The problem is it's a point widely pushed by Russian propagandists.
True or not, earnest or not in inquiry, people will reflexively judge it all the same.
- gitaarik 2y agoWell if you are in war with a country, you should at least try to understanding their perspective from their viewpoint to understand their motivations. If you want to prevent more conflict at least..
- gitaarik 2y agoAnd I rarely see this topic being discussed. Why is that a taboo? That's supicious
- SiempreViernes 2y agoI think it's because the US did sort of promise to block expansion, but then changed its mind and in now in hindsight it doesn't seem like they managed it very well but don't want to look bad.
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- johnnyanmac 2y agoUltimately it's the weakest justification to allow Russia to do what it was always going to do anyway. There's not much to really discuss here unless you thought Russia was a credible place in the last 20 years.
- gitaarik 2y agoThat sounds like a prejudgment. You say Russia would have done this regardless of NATO's actions, but you don't know that. And you're downplaying the importance of NATO's actions and it's influence on Russia's actions.
- TOMDM 2y agoRussia already shared borders with NATO. The truth of the matter from Ukraine's perspective is that this never would have happened if Ukraine was a NATO member. NATO hasn't moved aggressively on Russia. The motivations for Russia and it's neighbours for their opinions on joining NATO are the same. Russia doesn't invade NATO members. That's why Russia's neighbours want to join and why Russia doesn't want them to.
- johnnyanmac 2y agoThe context is that Russia kept expanding for 13 years under the same dictator, and then this time is the straw that broke the camel's back. The trust was broken several times. I don't really care to understand the mindset of a dictator. They want power, resources,or reputation out of it. There's not a lot of justified reasons to lead an assault that will cost millions of your citizen's lives.
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- gitaarik 2y agoI agree we shouldn't take the mindset of a dictator seriously, but we should take the threat of a superpower seriously. And we should show respect to a superpower as long as it's a superpower, because getting into conflict with a superpower can cause WW3. I don't mean with that that I fully agree with their standpoint, but that we shouldn't fuck too much with them, because they might fuck with us.