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> In the same interview Putin said that if the US had not broken the promise to Gorbachev to not expand the NATO eastward, the war would not have happened. Yet
by rabite 2y ago
> In the same interview Putin said that if the US had not broken the promise to Gorbachev to not expand the NATO eastward, the war would not have happened.
Yet this contradicts his statements in 2002 that it was not a big deal and not his business. He only changed positions when he viewed the Russian economy as big enough to wage war and take territory.
There was also no such promise, this is a complete myth.
Russia is doing what it has always done: try to steal more clay. They have been doing this for a thousand years, far before NATO. Russia was neither cornered nor threatened.
- 4gotunameagain 2y agoIt seems like you are way too invested in this and unable to think clearly. I'm sorry if it has affected you negatively, it is a terrible situation for everybody except the elites. However, blame is never black or white. It cannot be all Russia's fault.
- rabite 2y ago> However, blame is never black or white. It cannot be all Russia's fault. Most crimes are a single party's fault. One is the criminal, and one is the victim. Saying it is impossible for it to be all Russia's fault is logically fallacious. Russia chose to invade and commit mass murder. Russia needs to be held to account for that.
- 4gotunameagain 2y agoI will stop replying to you now. Your judgement is clouded by emotions. Criminals and states are not comparable. I wish you the best.
- rabite 2y ago> Your judgement is clouded by emotions. This is pure ad hominem. My statements are not emotional at all. Ukraine committed no offense against Russia. Georgia committed no crime against Russia before they aided Abkhazian and South Ossetian rebels. Putin committed these offenses unilaterally against these. Russia chose to steal territory and murder hundreds of thousands of people. These are not emotional statements, they are factual ones. It is in fact your claims which are clouded by emotionality -- obvious sympathies for Russian propaganda.
- 4gotunameagain 2y agoSure.