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Many predicted NATO expansion would lead to war. Those warnings were ignored

by ryanqian on 3/1/22, 8:22 AM with 6 comments

• by ZeroGravitas on 3/1/22, 8:44 AM

  Maybe they weren't ignored, maybe they heard that and thought, if someone is threatening war if you join a defensive alliance, then that's probably a flashing warning sign that you should join a defensive alliance.

  edit: I just realised this is the same Putin apologist who has a whole list of articles blaming people other than Putin for this invasion.

  https://www.cato.org/commentary/ukraines-accelerating-slide-...

  > Ukraine’s Accelerating Slide into Authoritarianism

  > Washington needs to let go of its long-held myth that Ukraine is a blossoming American-style democracy. In truth, it bears a much greater resemblance to the pseudo-democratic systems of Russia, Hungary, and Turkey.

  Yes, he sounds like an unbiased source. Pretending to be anti-war when he's apparently just pro-Putin.

• by celticninja on 3/1/22, 8:38 AM

  This is nonsense. The single cause of this war is Putin, not NATO or Ukrainian Nazis, Putin and it's about time we realised that NATO is required when you are located next to a country headed by a single despot with nothing to hold him in check.

• by marius_k on 3/1/22, 10:08 AM

  I always predicted that Putin will start the war. And I was right. Here you go.

• by masonic on 3/1/22, 11:00 AM

  Ukraine is not a NATO member, Guardian.