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Head of NATO says Russia invaded Ukraine because of NATO expansionism (www.nato.int)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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From the guy's own mouth.

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[–] [email protected] 33 points 11 months ago (81 children)

Actually he also said (in the link):

“The background was that President Putin declared in the autumn of 2021, and actually sent a draft treaty that they wanted NATO to sign, to promise no more NATO enlargement. That was what he sent us. And was a pre-condition for not invade Ukraine. Of course we didn’t sign that.”

[–] [email protected] 14 points 11 months ago (16 children)

"If you don't promise to stop making new friends, I'm going to kill another one."

[–] [email protected] 51 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

NATO is not a friend or friendly force, it is one of the great evils of our time, anyone arguing otherwise just wants to bomb third world countries.

Ask the citizens of Libya and Iraq how defensive and friendly NATO is.

The process of "joining NATO" is not anything equivalent to making friends, any country joining NATO essentially becomes a vassal for US interests. There's a reason why Sweden and Finland held out for so long.