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Re:Vladimir Putin, in speech, hints at further territorial e... by distances on Friday June 10, 2022 @03:15PM (#31698286)
Ukraine did not join NATO, and it's not ok to draw a direct line between former Warsaw Pact countries joining NATO and the current war in Ukraine.

Also, as said you shouldn't say "NATO expansion". That's the imperialistic Russian viewpoint. NATO doesn't expand, countries join the alliance.

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Re:Vladimir Putin, in speech, hints at further territorial e... by zemvpferreira on Friday June 10, 2022 @07:23PM (#31700444)
And I repeat that that's a very naive point of view. NATO absolutely expands and is aligned with a political point of view. I'm part of it and presumably so are you, but that doesn't give it magical properties. Ignoring NATO's historical context does no good.
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