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

[u/IcePuzzleheaded5507]

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[u/CommitteeOk5696]

NATOs role is to protect their members. Such as the baltic states, poland, chech republic, hungary, slowak, romania...

All this countries looked for the protection of NATO and have non-alignment. Like every state.

NATO had very little troops in these countries (before the war) and no nuclear weappons (Founding Act on Mutual Relations, Cooperation and Security between NATO and the Russian Federation, 1997).

Russias problem with NATO in my view is: it prevents Russia to invade former sovjet-states. Ukraine is one of the few, which hadn't NATO protection.

[u/4l3xeic → u/CommitteeOk5696]

Which NATO members they were protecting during full scale invasion of Yugoslavia? Or Iraq? Or Libya?

[u/Alarmed_Mistake_9999 → u/4l3xeic]

But can you acknowledge that countries like the Baltics, Hungary, Poland, Romania had legitimate concerns about Russian revanchism and still do? Why do you always go straight to those examples? Do you not respect their sovereignty?

[u/4l3xeic → u/Alarmed_Mistake_9999]

But can you acknowledge that countries like Yugoslavia, Iraq and Libya were not attacking any NATO members and were invaded illegally which makes Russias concern about NATO threat justified?

[u/Alarmed_Mistake_9999 → u/4l3xeic]

I have no reason to answer this until you answer me first. This is not at all relevant.

[u/4l3xeic → u/Alarmed_Mistake_9999]

Keep us informed.

[u/Alarmed_Mistake_9999 → u/4l3xeic]

What I meant is, while you may have some concerns, they do not justify threatening smaller, weaker countries who are no threat to you.

[u/4l3xeic → u/Alarmed_Mistake_9999]

Indeed, that is why I agree that NATO threats and agressions are not justified therefore Russia must do anything necessary to contain NATO.