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But since there can be multiple such countries at the same time and since no one has stopped developing arms/tech even further - I wouldn't call it a paradox when one nuclear country feels threatened by another group of both nuclear and non-nuclear countries coming closer and closer to its borders.
NATO's whining about being peace-loving strictly defensive union is pure bullshit propaganda.
Ukraine wanted to exterminate its citizens, who happened to be ethnically Russian and who dared to demand rights to continue speaking in their native, non-ukrainian, language. Ukraine wanted to do this using nazi battalions (just you google pictures of Azov battalion combatants being covered in Nazi swastikas), but, oops, alas, they are getting actively denazified now.
1. Russia didn't invade Georgia. There are 2 separatist regions in Georgia that Georgia decided to get back (or something) using tanks. Georgia sent tanks and their army to shoot/suppress separatist civilians! Russia merely stopped that bloodshed and didn't proceed further into the Georgia (though after that incident it not just could do so, but quite many would say had a right to do so).
2. if Russia didn't annex (peacefully, btw, without a single shot and with a referendum) the Crimea - Ukraine then wouldn't have territorial disputes that would block them from joining NATO... just silently and in surprise to Russia.
The possible war then would start immediately between Russia and the whole NATO block.
Would you like your (I suppose you live either in U.S., Canada, U.K., Australia or in Europe) cities receiving some nukes instead of a special operation in Ukraine?