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U.S. President Donald Trump’s envoy to Ukraine, Keith Kellogg, said Russia’s concern over the eastward enlargement of NATO was fair and the United States did not want to see Ukraine in the U.S.-led military alliance.

  • d00phy@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    14 days ago

    Someone should explain to him why NATO exists. Then point to his own “truths” calling Putin “crazy*.”

    • Not crazy, just an authoritarian doing what everyone who isn’t fanboying over him has known he’s wanted to do since forever because he’s said he wants to do it on multiple occasions: reunite the SSRs, through force if necessary. Maybe if Russia, with their history of staying in/prolonging/winning(?) wars by feeding really stupid numbers of people into the meat grinder (see also: current conflict in Ukraine), and a maddeningly growing number of other countries, wasn’t a threat to democracy in Europe, we wouldn’t need NATO. Crazy, I know.
    • demonsword@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      14 days ago

      Someone should explain to him why NATO exists.

      it used to be because of the URSS existence, hard to tell why it still exists 34 years after it fell

      • draneceusrex@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        14 days ago

        Because regardless of the name of the country, Russians have always pursued Continential Imperialism?

        • demonsword@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          14 days ago

          wow… lots of NATO countries in this list, huh?

          It’s hilarious too that it count countries liberated from nazis during WW2 as if they were being invaded to be annexed (implied by your “continental imperialism” quip). There’s lots of other questionable ones in your list too (Vietnam? invaded by the USA!)

          Also, Russia != USSR, but who cares about facts if they stand in the way of a good ol’ Russia bashing, right?