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[–] SeventyTwoTrillion@hexbear.net 42 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The imperialism of marching your border closer and closer to NATO's troops from 1990 to 2022 is truly the worst kind. Russia must be punished for putting Moscow that close to Ukraine.

couldn't possibly have anything to do with the pro-Russian separatists in the Donbass who were getting slaughtered for years before 2022. those people don't matter, only pro-Ukraine people matter. couldn't possibly have anything to do with security interests. only NATO's security interests matter, not Russia (or China's). couldn't possibly have anything to do with having armed NATO-trained troops in a country that recently experienced a US-backed coup. of course, if Russia puts Wagner forces in African countries (so not even inside NATO's "sphere of influence") that recently experienced a coup, that's an entirely different thing because uhh Russia is bad and NATO is good. that's Russian imperialism. us putting our troops in coup'd countries is freedom and bringing democracy. and also that wasn't a coup, it was actually the citizens doing it all by themselves.