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Re:Russian forces invade Ukraine after Putin orders attack by treis on Thursday February 24, 2022 @11:03AM (#30456279)
NATO has no obligation to Ukraine and it'd be a huge defensive liability. And, as we see, Putin would go to war before seeing Ukraine a part of NATO. The chumps here are the Ukrainian leadership and people. NATO made it clear they wouldn't be admitted. Russia made it clear that he'd invade if they tried. Ukraine did it anyway and this is the unfortunate result.
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Re:Russian forces invade Ukraine after Putin orders attack by mantas on Friday February 25, 2022 @06:40AM (#30466216)
What would you offer? Retract NATO to just US+UK?

Baltic states are undefendable, even compared to Ukraine. If Ukraine is down, Poland is as indefendable as Ukraine. Then we are back to Cold War state where Germany is barely defendable.

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Re:Russian forces invade Ukraine after Putin orders attack by CRConrad on Sunday February 27, 2022 @04:13AM (#30486617)
> NATO has no obligation to Ukraine

Yes, Sherlock, that was exactly my point: Dodging that responsibility is what makes NATO an arsehole.

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