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A comment on Ask HN: Would quickly accepting Russia and Ukraine as NATO members end the war?.

Re:Ask HN: Would quickly accepting Russia and Ukraine as NAT... by tpmx on Tuesday October 11, 2022 @04:10PM (#33168616)
If Russia returned the annexed lands to Ukraine the war would be over. No need to join NATO (which is a hilarious/insane idea). Just war reparations to deal with. They will be large. Very large. And we will see to it that they are paid in full, with or without Putin.
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Re:Ask HN: Would quickly accepting Russia and Ukraine as NAT... by mysecretaccount on Tuesday October 11, 2022 @04:35PM (#33168902)
I appreciate the sentiment, but the expectation that Russia will pay war reparations in full, at this point, is also hilarious/insane...
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Re:Ask HN: Would quickly accepting Russia and Ukraine as NAT... by tpmx on Tuesday October 11, 2022 @04:37PM (#33168915)
There are many ways to extract payments from a country whose only real export is natural resources, especially if you are patient.
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Re:Ask HN: Would quickly accepting Russia and Ukraine as NAT... by amichail on Tuesday October 11, 2022 @04:12PM (#33168642)
Russia would love to join NATO quickly and returning the annexed lands to Ukraine would be worth it just for that.
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Re:Ask HN: Would quickly accepting Russia and Ukraine as NAT... by tpmx on Tuesday October 11, 2022 @04:17PM (#33168689)
Goodbye.
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Re:Ask HN: Would quickly accepting Russia and Ukraine as NAT... by kjs3 on Tuesday October 11, 2022 @04:46PM (#33169022)
Citation needed.
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Re:Ask HN: Would quickly accepting Russia and Ukraine as NAT... by amichail on Tuesday October 11, 2022 @04:50PM (#33169063)
See: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/nov/04/ex-nato-head-s...
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Re:Ask HN: Would quickly accepting Russia and Ukraine as NAT... by tpmx on Tuesday October 11, 2022 @05:08PM (#33169279)
22 years ago Putin said that he would not rule out joining Nato "if and when Russia’s views are taken into account as those of an equal partner".

I'm sorry, but it really takes a very special kind of eh, person, to interpret this the way you did. Have you at all paid attention to what he has done since?

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