• Skua@kbin.social
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      1 year ago

      All of the countries near Russia that joined NATO did so because they already have their biggest aggressor on their doorsteps.

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          If buying stuff from the other side is your yardstick, NATO clearly wasn’t a threat to Russia. Germany, Italy, France, and America were all some of Russia’s largest import sources in 2021.

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            which all sounds really dumb if russia was that big of an aggressor in the first place. either that or you know, they werent.