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by themafia 21 days ago
The same peace they enjoyed for decades before the UN decided to court Ukraine for membership. They had balance of trade agreements, resource use agreements, and generalized peace.

Can you elaborate as to why you seem to think this was impossible?
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locknitpicker 20 days ago
> The same peace they enjoyed for decades (...)

Russia started invading Ukraine in 2014. Who do you think you are fooling?

Also, are you conveniently forgetting that Russia invaded Ukraine? Meaning, Russia started this whole mess?

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JumpCrisscross 21 days ago
> before the UN decided to court Ukraine

...NATO?

Also, NATO accession talks for Ukraine were dead for years when Russia invaded Crimea. The notion that Russia was forced to invade Ukraine holds up about as much as the claim that America was forced to bomb Iran.

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