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    9 months ago

    which is a perfectly reasonable demand.

    but since the US wants blood…

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      9 months ago

      No, demanding your neighbours all remain weak enough for you to continue bullying is not perfectly reasonable at all

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        9 months ago

        as opposed to having your biggest aggressor right in your doorstep?

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          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.

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                  Oh cool, then neither is aggressor. Since they were both doing business with each other. Because apparently that’s how it works.

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                    Then whats the fucking problem. Why provoke this useless war with russia?

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                so save a couple of things, almost exactly as they have been before motherfuckers started provoking war with russia

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                    9 months ago

                    yeah lets put the worlds biggest aggressor’s army right at their doorstep.

                    that oughtta make them happy.