So yesterday Russia shot down a commercial airliner and intentionally destroyed a major undersea power connection between Finland and Estonia, in case you're wondering if Russian military aggression is limited to Ukraine.
so, the US invaded Iraq arguing a pack of lies as justification, killing millions of innocent Iraqis because the US regime didn't like their ruler. and their oil - wanted the oil.
the US is a predator nation, unprecedented in world history.
@StopTheSweepsPDX @petergleick
Euh... I totally opposed to US invasion of Irak, but your tooth is a total offtopic here.
Yeah, Irak invasion had not nearly enough justification, and Putin has given much more reasons for retaliation than Hussein did. But what are you arguing for? A NATO invasion of Russia?
About precedents: obviously, you are not a history major.
according to putin, if the Ukraine agreed not to seek NATO membership, he would not start a war.
what is the purpose of NATO anymore, anyway? the risk of invasion and war with the Soviet Union?
MAYBE if diplomatic solutions were considered, instead of blowing nations all to hell just to create economic opportunities for the invading nations? like NATO did to Yugoslavia?
@StopTheSweepsPDX @petergleick
Before the invasion of Ukraine, there was talking of dissolving or reforming NATO.
Nowadays, it is bigger than ever, and growing.
If Russian behaviour with their neighbours were not so terrible, NATO wouldn't even exist.
The reason Ukraine tried NATO membership before the invasion was because they know very well what Russia have done in the past, and how much Putin values honor, treaties and diplomacy.
Nobody dissolves a military alliance when someone is invading his neighbours. What kind of idiots do you think Europeans are?
@jgg @petergleick Seems to be a Russian disinformation account, not worth engaging - report and move on :)