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by xg15 1586 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 1586 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 1586 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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