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[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 10 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

which is a perfectly reasonable demand.

but since the US wants blood....

[–] Skua@kbin.social 11 points 9 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 7 points 9 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] Skua@kbin.social 10 points 9 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 8 points 9 months ago (1 children)

so afraid that they based their energy grids on russian fuel

[–] Skua@kbin.social 10 points 9 months ago (1 children)

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 7 points 9 months ago (1 children)

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@kbin.social 9 points 9 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] GammaGames 3 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Those paratroopers were there to peacefully take the airport too