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by AnimalMuppet 1580 days ago
Because countries keep asking to be included in NATO. And why do they do that? Because they keep feeling threatened by Russia. And why do they feel threatened? Because Russia keeps doing things like invading Georgia and Ukraine. Countries flee to NATO for protection, if they can.
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xg15 1580 days ago
One quote from - I believe - Lawrow was how the US would react if Cuba or Venezuela were asking to be accepted into that anti-NATO Russia has apparently been building.

Two wrongs don't make a right, but I think it's a valid question to ask if the argument is purely about the freedom of countries to make their own decisions.

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ephbit 1580 days ago
John Mearsheimer spoke about this in this IMO quite entertaining talk in Jan 2019 here:

The Great Delusion: Liberal Dreams and International Realities | SOAS University of London

Mearsheimer's "NATO example" concerning Russia: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ni9rncx8ceA&t=2807

Earlier he also lists failed attempts to bring liberal democracy to other countries that ended in disaster and then states:

> " .. the Americans have foolishly driven the Russians into the arms of the Chinese .."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ni9rncx8ceA&t=2304

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nitwit005 1580 days ago
It sounds like they did threaten to move troops to both places you listed, but it didn't get much of a reaction: https://thehill.com/policy/defense/589595-russia-suggests-mi...

They did have an intelligence base in Cuba until 2002, and I don't believe anyone particularly cared.

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hackerbeat 1580 days ago
And how many countries has the US invaded already?
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