• Skua@kbin.social
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    11 months ago

    No, demanding your neighbours all remain weak enough for you to continue bullying is not perfectly reasonable at all

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      11 months ago

      as opposed to having your biggest aggressor right in your doorstep?

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        11 months ago

        All of the countries near Russia that joined NATO did so because they already have their biggest aggressor on their doorsteps.

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            11 months ago

            If buying stuff from the other side is your yardstick, NATO clearly wasn’t a threat to Russia. Germany, Italy, France, and America were all some of Russia’s largest import sources in 2021.

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              11 months ago

              which all sounds really dumb if russia was that big of an aggressor in the first place. either that or you know, they werent.

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                  11 months ago

                  Those paratroopers were there to peacefully take the airport too

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                11 months ago

                Oh cool, then neither is aggressor. Since they were both doing business with each other. Because apparently that’s how it works.

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                  11 months ago

                  Then whats the fucking problem. Why provoke this useless war with russia?

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                    11 months ago

                    Functionally illiterate troll does not understand “your argument is self-defeating nonsense” unless it’s spelled out.

                    And I’m putting a lot of faith in the implication you understand it even now.