Re:Finland and Sweden set to join NATO as soon as summer
by macintux on Monday April 11, 2022 @08:51PM
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I wouldn't know all of Putin's reasoning, but I have to assume that his expressed regret over the dissolution of the Soviet Union, his desire to find out just how much he'd be punished for it, his anger (and need to save face) over the Maidan Revolution, all played a role.
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Re:Finland and Sweden set to join NATO as soon as summer
by yucky on Tuesday April 12, 2022 @08:02AM
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Look at when the Ukraine revolution/coup happened, and when Putin annexed Crimea. Also, understand that after the coup, when Ukraine rewrote their Constitution they laid the ground work to drop neutrality and join NATO. Putin annexed Crimea the next day.
The only reason things didn't continue to accelerate under Trump is because he was not a fan of NATO and had no financial interests in Ukraine like Biden does, so the Ukrainians knew they had no friend in him. Once Biden won, Ukraine went back to poking the bear with obvious results.
I'm sure the Biden families financial activities in Ukraine are 100% completely unrelated though.
Re:Finland and Sweden set to join NATO as soon as summer
by macintux on Tuesday April 12, 2022 @08:16AM
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Tell me exactly what crimes Ukraine committed that make mass rape, kidnapping, murder, and destruction an appropriate response.
Re:Finland and Sweden set to join NATO as soon as summer
by yucky on Tuesday April 12, 2022 @01:56PM
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This isn't Reddit.
War crimes committed by the Russians or Ukrainians should absolutely be investigated. They're just not relevant to the discussion at hand, which is "How did we get to this point".