• Skua
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      115 months ago

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

        • Skua
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          105 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.

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

            • wildncrazyguy
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              75 months ago

              Yep, those Russian tanks that crossed into Ukrainian sovereign land were tanks of peace.

              • Gamma
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                Those paratroopers were there to peacefully take the airport too