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In reply to the discussion: A Finnish leftist has a few thoughts about the situation with Russia and Ukraine [View all]radius777
(3,635 posts)48. Exactly. NATO's failure to expand *enough*
to include Georgia and Ukraine many years ago, is what is causing this current conflict.
You don't see Putin threatening any former Soviet state that is now a member of NATO, do you?
Unfortunately many in the West (either intentionally or unwittingly) have bought into the 'poor victimized Russia/bad NATO' Kremlin narrative.
It is the West that put Russia back on solid ground when they imploded under the weight of their own contradictions. We nursed them back to life - which was stupid. We should've shrunk Russia and its influence as much as possible and pushed them harder towards democracy.
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A Finnish leftist has a few thoughts about the situation with Russia and Ukraine [View all]
tenderfoot
Feb 2022
OP
I have thought about this as well...I believe NATO should have a special session to bring Ukraine in
Escurumbele
Feb 2022
#29
Sorry about the size. A friend of my dad's drew this after the USSR invaded Czechoslovakia in 1968
DFW
Feb 2022
#4
He doesn't care if his people starve to death, he has plenty of money and so his cronies
Escurumbele
Feb 2022
#30
Both maternal and paternal grandparents fled the Carpathian Mountain region in early 1900.
sprinkleeninow
Feb 2022
#17
Had Hitler been smacked down when he invaded Poland, WWII might have ended earlier.
Lonestarblue
Feb 2022
#11
World history would be different if countries like the USA and some in Europe did not sit down
Escurumbele
Feb 2022
#31
+1, IT TOOK A YEAR for the French to truly mobilize because they thought Hitler WOULD NEVER
uponit7771
Feb 2022
#57
"What Putin seems to fear the most, rightly so, is that democratic revolution reaches Moscow."
Botany
Feb 2022
#12
Answering for corruption if he loses power also a concern, lose everything, wealth, privilege, ...
L. Coyote
Feb 2022
#15
Imagine if Biden stole $1.5 billion to build a seaside cottage, Republicans would cheer,
L. Coyote
Feb 2022
#21