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by ailef
1549 days ago
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I'm not GP, but thanks for this comment. It just shows how we just see one side of the picture in the West. > Ukraine was the one asking for NATO membership. Also, if I may add to this: according to polls in 2013[1], popular support for Ukraine joining NATO was very low. Actually, most people saw NATO as a threat rather than protection. This was well after the 2008 Bucharest summit where NATO officially announced that Ukraine will become a member of NATO. This is to say that maybe it was more like "the US was pushing for Ukraine to be part of NATO" rather than Ukraine (as in the Ukraininan people) "was the one asking for NATO membership". [1] https://news.gallup.com/poll/167927/crisis-ukrainians-likely... |
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No problem. Thanks for reading it. It was somewhat cathartic to write.
> It just shows how we just see one side of the picture in the West.
Yes, and feel I could only make sense of the differences because I grew up and lived first half of my life West. As such, I fully understand both cultures and the "feel" of them, but also have two sets of sources for history, general approaches to politics, and news.
I firml believe had I not originally been son of immigrants, it wouldn't have been so.
> Also, if I may add to this: according to polls in 2013[1], popular support for Ukraine joining NATO was very low.
Thanks, I didn't know about that! All this time, based on personal experience, I actually believed outrigh support to be between 35-40%. Eye opening !
> This is to say that maybe it was more like "the US was pushing for Ukraine to be part of NATO" rather than Ukraine (as in the Ukraininan people) "was the one asking for NATO membership".
Clearly.