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NATO wouldn't need to expand if Russia wasn't constantly threatening their neighbors.
They’ve only ever threatened their neighbors during NATO expansion efforts.
I see you haven't spoken to many people from Finland... Or Latvia... Or Syria... Or Chechnya... Or Ukrainians, for that matter.
You wanna name anymore western imperialist projects?
"Everyone who's afraid of Russia (for good reason) is a western imperialist project"
Russia was threatening their neighbors before NATO even existed.
NATO existed before Russia, genius. It’s an anti-Soviet org.
The Soviet Union was still Russia. They've not changed their attitude since then.
Then explain this different government, economy, and borders.
Your immense historical knowledge seems to have missed the fact that Russia existed long before the Soviet Union, Einstein.
You’re proposing that this Russia is the same one? When did they re-establish the czar?
This is abuser logic. "If you would quit misbehaving, then I wouldn't have to hit you!"
It’s an adult understanding of international politics. Aggression rarely goes unanswered.
Complete horseshit. They literally invaded and installed a puppet regime in Chechnia, and there were zero NATO "expansion efforts" there. And that is just one example out of many.