[cosmicgadget]

I am sorry, you are blaming the United States for Russia invading Ukraine? Because Ukraine wanted to join a defensive alliance to protect themselves from a country that invaded them in 2014 and tried to keep their puppet in power before Maidan punted him?

Hilarious.

[4gotunameagain]

Do you think it is realistic that a (relatively) small country next to a superpower seeks protection from the rival superpower ?

What would happen if panama wanted to join a defence pact with Russia ?

What happened during the Cuban missile crisis ?

I wish all countries could be independent and free of meddling from superpowers. But at some moment you have to be realistic.

[cosmicgadget]

> Do you think it is realistic that a (relatively) small country next to a superpower seeks protection from the rival superpower ?

Like the Baltics, Poland, Taiwan, South Korea, Berlin, ... Yeah seems pretty realistic.

> What would happen if panama wanted to join a defence pact with Russia ?

Russia or a defensive alliance that includes countries like Germany and France?

> What happened during the Cuban missile crisis ?

A bunch of cold war nonsense? Russia tried to station first strike weapons and the US responded poorly.

> I wish all countries could be independent and free of meddling from superpowers. But at some moment you have to be realistic.

Lmao and that is why you conclude that Ukraine should not be permitted to seek a defensive ally after being invaded (2014).