[vadertemp]

US has not deployed to Ukraine because its not in its national interest whereas Russia does have an immediate security concern with NATO expansion to its borders after the end of the cold war.

US has deployments all over the world after WWII in order to bully and protect its own interests.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/9/10/infographic-us-mili...

[wbsss4412]

US deployments aren’t generally against the will of host nations.

There certainly is plenty of coercion involved in having so many deployments, but plenty of it has to do with strategic alliances.

[ezconnect]

Syria and South American countries have US military by force.

[wbsss4412]

I acknowledged that in my post.

[rosndo]

The idea that Russia with their world ending weapons could be genuinely threatened by NATO expansion is hilarious.

It’s only their own expansion plans which are threatened by NATO.

[mechanical_bear]

Is there a legitimate concern that NATO would occupy/attack Russian territory?

[kbart]

No. All ex-Soviet countries that joined NATO did that willingly as a way to protect their independence (looking at the examples of ex-Soviet countries that did not, it's clear that was the right decision). The "threat" of NATO invading Russia is bullshit and whataboutism.

[mechanical_bear]

Agreed, whole heartedly.