• umbrella@lemmy.ml
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    10 months ago

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

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      10 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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          10 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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            10 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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              9 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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                9 months ago

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

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                  9 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.

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          9 months ago

          Yes. Creating co-dependencies and peacetime ties, in hopes of keeping relations normal and peaceful.

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            9 months ago

            so save a couple of things, almost exactly as they have been before motherfuckers started provoking war with russia

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              9 months ago

              Belligerently existing near the border, how dare they. Did you see what they were wearing?