“If we don’t stop this prick we’ll be reenacting Dunkirk.”
I disagree with this statement.
Russia drew a line over Belarus & Ukraine not Poland, Romania, Lithuania, Latvia, Albania, Hungary, Czech Republic, Estonia, Bulgaria, Croatia, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Slovakia, or Slovenia.
Sure, they bitched and moaned as we added pissant & pygmy countries to the NATO coalition but did nothing in the way of warfare.
To pretend they are going to Warsaw, Berlin, Paris, & London is exaggerated propaganda of the first order.
“I disagree with this statement.
Russia drew a line over Belarus & Ukraine not Poland, Romania, Lithuania, Latvia, Albania, Hungary, Czech Republic, Estonia, Bulgaria, Croatia, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Slovakia, or Slovenia.”
THEN YOU ARE NOT PAYING ATTENTION.
On December 10, 2021 Russia issued a list of demands to NATO that in hindsight were an ultimatum. Read article four carefully as Russia is demanding that NATO withdraw from the very countries you think Putin doesn’t want to conquer.
Article 1: the parties should not strengthen their security at the expense of Russia’s security;
Article 2: the parties will use multilateral consultations and the NATO-Russia Council to address points of conflict;
Article 3: the parties reaffirm that they do not consider each other as adversaries and maintain a dialogue;
Article 4: the parties shall not deploy military forces and weaponry on the territory of any of the other states in Europe in addition to any forces that were deployed as of May 27, 1997;
Article 5: the parties shall not deploy land-based intermediate- and short-range missiles adjacent to the other parties;
Article 6: all member States of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization commit themselves to refrain from any further enlargement of NATO, including the accession of Ukraine as well as other States;
Article 7: the parties that are member States of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization shall not conduct any military activity on the territory of Ukraine as well as other States in the Eastern Europe, in the South Caucasus and in Central Asia; and
Article 8: the agreement shall not be interpreted as affecting the primary responsibility of the Security Council of the United Nations for maintaining international peace and security.