Chumpsbechumps
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That's not how it works unfortunately since post-Soviet Russia is also an authoritarian nation with a desire to reclaim and control previously held Soviet territory. Therefore the existence of NATO is completely justified. Once Putin dies and (hopefully) Russia stops being a predatory autocracy, then the need for NATO will gradually dissipate and European countries can then go back to no longer requiring collective security, and deal with specific conflicts on a one-on-one basis. Until then, NATO will continue to play a critical role of ensuring Europe free and democratic.
Part of the issue is that the generation who understood why NATO was interval to maintaining security of democracy, are all but gone. World war 2 is history and lessons of the past are forgotten.
Our history is littered with humans not learning from past mistakes , looks like we are walking into another war, self inflicted really with this ridiculous trend of propping up populist sh*theads who are so dangerous it’s not funny.
I still can’t get over the damage Trump has done and will do if he gets back in.
With regards to Putin, nothing he says is reliable or trustworthy. He’s a dictator ruling over an imagined empire that doesn’t exist so he’s trying to re-establish one. In many ways with dictators it’s not about the threat to the country, it’s the threat to their own position that drives their motives.
Mistakes were made by the west and in some ways Russia was forgotten and left to end up as it is. We have played a role in where we are with many things going wrong. But NATO expanding is no excuse for invading Ukraine.