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>unprovoked conflict with Ukraine The promise of NATO membership in 2008[0] and a coup "midwifed" by the US in 2014[1] is not provocative enough for you? >Put

by drysine 1mo ago

>unprovoked conflict with Ukraine The promise of NATO membership in 2008[0] and a coup "midwifed" by the US in 2014[1] is not provocative enough for you? >Putin has stated multiple times his desire and intention to "restore" the russian empire Where have you read that? [0] https://www.nato.int/en/about-us/official-texts-and-resources/official-texts/2008/04/03/bucharest-summit-declaration https://www.nato.int/en/about-us/official-texts-and-resource... [1] https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-26079957 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-26079957

mopsi 1mo ago
> The promise of NATO membership in 2008 No, that was a polite "no" without any timeline, and was widely criticised as such at the time, and nowadays widely called a mistake, including by former NATO Secretary-General Rasmussen. I've explained you this countless times, yet you keep repeating like a broken record. Repetition won't make it any more truthful.
- drysine 1mo ago
  >I've explained you this countless times ... Repetition won't make it any more truthful. The irony
  - mopsi 1mo ago
    See? You don't even address the ideas anymore, but resort to taking cheap shots. All the passion is gone and what's left is an almost mechanical repetition of "coup, coup, midwifed, midwifed".