• HKPiax@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Yeah, that’s the gist of it except I didn’t know we didn’t really care too much about expanding there militarily.

    In any case, what exactly is NATO supposed to do if a country with a bad neighbor wants to join? After said neighbor already attacked it? Bruh.

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      1 year ago

      Well, a country can only join NATO if ALL members of NATO agree to let the country in. So there’s not much chance of a country already at war being accepted.

      Funny enough, NATO was kind of lethargic before the war. A lot of NATO countries didn’t take it seriously. It was hard to see it as anything but a relic of the Cold War. After all, it wasn’t like Russia was going to start invading its neighbors again!

      God. What a weird time we live in.

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        1 year ago

        Honestly I was deeply convinced that the tactic of economically binding Russia to the EU via trade of resources (for example natural gas) and investments would absolutely make a war or even sanctions between the european NATO-members and Russia too costly for Russia to do anything stupid. There was way to much money in the balance for any outbreak of a war in Europe, neither the EU nor the Russians could afford it… or so I thought.

        Turns our Russia will gladly shoot itself in the foot if they believe that they can absorb the breadbasket of Europe in the process. The geostrategic importance of Ukrainian Wheat was absolutely underestimated and the geostrategic importance of western markets to Russia was clearly overestimated.

        I feel like shit for being this wrong, Russias neighbours warned us about this shit and the bigger western and central european countries did not listen.

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          Nah, man, it’s absolutely a rational position to have taken. Don’t feel too bad. The issue is, as we’ve all forcibly learned, is the Iron Law of Institutions - Russia doesn’t do what it’s in Russia’s best interests. Russia does what is in Russian decisionmakers’ best interests. And Putin’s best interests include imperial revivalism and war fervor to prop up his corrupt regime.

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          1 year ago

          No, but I do understand why people were quick to jump on you. Not your fault, mind you, it’s just that this is a pretty high-tension period, and often, understandably, people jump to the worst conclusion due to Russian trolls poisoning the well, so to speak.