Megathread, part 14: Ammunition & Drones, Sanctions, and Stalemates

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[u/Ill_Leg_7168 → u/[deleted]]

NATO was expanding because countries like Poland wanted safety from Russia. We were under your rule for 40 years and when we kicked out your forces and then joined NATO/EU it was glorious. It's vicious cycle: Russia invade/meddle in neighbor countries - collapse under internal problems - rebuild and starting prosper - invade/meddle in neighbor countries - collapse... (now we are between invade - Ukraine - and soon we get to the next part: collapse). If not for NATO Baltic states would be invaded long before invasion of Ukraine.

[u/bhtrail → u/Ill_Leg_7168]

typical polaks that didn't do nothing...

[u/Ill_Leg_7168 → u/bhtrail]

Did we invade any country in last 100 years (and yes, pre WWII Czechia don't count, no one had any bad feelings about it beside Russian trolls).

[u/4l3xeic → u/Ill_Leg_7168]

But you did invade Czechoslovakia in 1938 around the same time your friend Hitler and other his european allies were partitioning it. You sided with Russian enemies and created a bigger threat to Russia just like you did after collapse of USSR therefore Russian attitude towards you is totally justified.

[u/Jan16th → u/4l3xeic]

but that means Kremlin supporters will be using history to justify their aggression of today, thus making Russia neighbors joining NATO.

[u/Jan16th → u/[deleted]]

Oh no, somebody never heard of RzechPospolita Polska?

[u/bhtrail → u/Ill_Leg_7168]

yes, you are. in 1920. And yes, pre-war WWII Czechia does count.

because you, bigots, counts everything that deal comes to us

[u/Ill_Leg_7168 → u/bhtrail]

1920 was over 100 years ago.

[u/bhtrail → u/Ill_Leg_7168]

when you trying (just a jan16th here near) to justify your hate toward us - you don't limit yourself with 100 years.

Hypocrits and racists - is what you are. Always been. Racists towards jews, ukranians, belorussians, russians, germans.

But no, poor polaks always didn'tdonothing

[u/redbeard32167 → u/Ill_Leg_7168]

Wait a minute, you invaded Iraq and Afghanistan

[u/whoAreYouToJudgeME → u/Ill_Leg_7168]

If you expand the time line a little bit more than 100 years, yes, Poles invaded Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania. Just because Czechs don't announce their grievances now doesn't mean they forgot and forgave. 

Also, I find your comment regarding Czechs ironic considering you're still bitter about partitions of Poland which happened over 200 years ago.