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The strong reason for this attack was Russia's security concerns got ignored and stepped on by a military alliance (NATO). NATO is a defensive pact. Putin inv

The strong reason for this attack was Russia's security concerns got ignored and stepped on by a military alliance (NATO). NATO is a defensive pact. Putin invaded Ukraine because he wants their port, arable land, and because he wants to go down in history as "reuniting" the Russian empire. Also, Russia has wanted to exterminate the Ukrainian cultural identity, which they've tried to do since before the Soviet Union: https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainealert/russias-invasion-aims-to-erase-ukrainian-cultural-identity/ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainealert/russias-i... Putin's whining about NATO is pure bullshit propaganda. Just like his claims of Nazis in Ukraine. It's all fiction, where he writes Russia as the victim.

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      How can anyone forcibly issue a passport to someone? By denying medical care and access to essential medications to anyone who does not hold a Russian passport.
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        Could you please stop posting in the flamewar style like this (in addition to not posting personal attacks, as I've asked elsewhere - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43224164 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43224164)? It's not what this site is for, and destroys what it is for. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
    - dang 2y ago
      Please don't cross into personal attack, no matter how wrong someone else is or you feel they are. Also, if you could please avoid name-calling and flamebait in your posts here, we'd appreciate it - you've been doing quite a bit of that as well, unfortunately. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
      - mathfailure 2y ago
        My apologies, I got carried away in the heat of the discussion.
        dang 2y ago
        It does happen easily, I know. I appreciate the reply!
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        There are Russian nationals that live in almost all the countries all around the world. So that's not bonkers, the logic is sound. Now what's important is when some region has mere fractures of a percent vs when its something like 25%. If your country has 25% Russians and you oppress them - I think Russia has obligation to defend them.
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        No personal attacks, please, regardless of how wrong someone is or you feel they are. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
        gambiting 2y ago
        I've just used the exact same wording they used against me few comments earlier - I should have known better though. Apologies.

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    How can anyone forcibly issue a passport to someone? By denying medical care and access to essential medications to anyone who does not hold a Russian passport.
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      Could you please stop posting in the flamewar style like this (in addition to not posting personal attacks, as I've asked elsewhere - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43224164 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43224164)? It's not what this site is for, and destroys what it is for. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
  - dang 2y ago
    Please don't cross into personal attack, no matter how wrong someone else is or you feel they are. Also, if you could please avoid name-calling and flamebait in your posts here, we'd appreciate it - you've been doing quite a bit of that as well, unfortunately. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
    - mathfailure 2y ago
      My apologies, I got carried away in the heat of the discussion.
      - dang 2y ago
        It does happen easily, I know. I appreciate the reply!
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      There are Russian nationals that live in almost all the countries all around the world. So that's not bonkers, the logic is sound. Now what's important is when some region has mere fractures of a percent vs when its something like 25%. If your country has 25% Russians and you oppress them - I think Russia has obligation to defend them.
    - dang 2y ago
      No personal attacks, please, regardless of how wrong someone is or you feel they are. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
      - gambiting 2y ago
        I've just used the exact same wording they used against me few comments earlier - I should have known better though. Apologies.