• moshtradamus666@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    Ukraine never joined but NATO wanted them eventually, as it was getting really close allies surrounding Russia.You can’t say they weren’t trying to extend military influence to all possible Russian borders. Imagine what would happen if China tried to make a military alliance with Mexico and Canada, just to be safe cause you never know, lol. No I don’t think it justifies Putin actions at all, but it was definitely a big deal. The Russian invasion is very wrong but NATO did help in escalating the situation.

    Yeah, I know about Warsaw Pact, but that was a very different time and situation, one where even NATO actually made sense. I lack knowledge of many things, but at least I’m not a dumb ass bitch who thinks NATO has a reason to exist besides intimidation of countries that refuse to be exploited by the West.

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      10 months ago

      Ok. So let’s forget the fact that you fucked up and either (a) lied about Ukraine being in NATO, or (b) were too uninformed to know they weren’t.

      What is more astounding to me is that it doesn’t dawn on you that Ukraine intentionally DIDN’T join NATO so as to prevent their larger aggressive neighbor from invading… YET THEY DID ANYWAY.

      So let’s look at it another way: If Mexico was actually afraid of the USA, then I would have no problem with them joining a defensive alliance. But why would Mexico contribute 2% of their GDP for a nonsensical reason? Why would I or USA care remotely? The only reason to care is if we actually had intentions of invading a weaker adversary BEFORE they were buddied up with a larger nation.

      These arguments are absolutely terrible and full of logical missteps. Your complete ignorance is part of the problem that strong-men dictators exploit. Educate yourself. You are very, very naive about Russia and Putin’s plans. Clearly, you’ve never read about the Foundations of Geopolitics by Putin’s right-hand man.

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        10 months ago

        I’m not reading that, I just wanted to make you angry for calling me dumb and from the size of this essay I guess I accomplished that. Good luck on your future arguments with people on the internet. Bye.

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          You’re in denial and your ignorance is getting people killed, so sorry if that sort of willful ignorance pisses me off as few things can do. That you won’t read it proves you have no interest in self-improvement. Good night.

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            10 months ago

            My ignorance is killing people? LMAO!! Dude I have no political or military power, I’m just a random internet nerd, cmoon. Just tell me to fuck off and get on with your life. Is not a matter of self-improvement, just different views. I’m from South America, we have a long history of abuse from the USA and their friends. I’ll never see NATO as something good.

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              I’ll never see NATO as something good.

              Right. We’ve already established: You’re ignorant, and don’t want to learn. You were so ignorant you didn’t even know Ukraine wasn’t in NATO — LMAO!

              But at the end of the day, yes, ignorance like yours is distorting the narrative because people like you just aren’t exactly… Deep thinkers. And your ignorance gets exploited to excuse atrocities of dictators and spur inaction. But alas, I know these words are lost on you.