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Re:The Myth of Bananaland: The Marketing and Reality of the ... by senderista on Thursday December 12, 2024 @12:35AM (#42396509)
Ukraine formally enshrined the goal of NATO membership into its constitution in 2019.
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Re:The Myth of Bananaland: The Marketing and Reality of the ... by aguaviva on Thursday December 12, 2024 @02:01AM (#42396891)
5 years after Russia invaded in 2014. Which made any objections its regime might have had about Ukraine's potential NATO membership plainly and irrevocably moot.

That's why the only years that matter (in terms of the "Ukraine/NATO caused it all" hypothesis) are 2008-2014.

Once Russia's regime did chose to invade, any moral capital it may have had in regard to the issue was instantly extinguished.

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Re:The Myth of Bananaland: The Marketing and Reality of the ... by senderista on Thursday December 12, 2024 @02:01PM (#42402191)
Fair point!
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