Posted on 04/22/2023 4:41:51 PM PDT by Kazan
you made the false statement in post 70 Republic of Georgia, we offered NATO membership in 2008 -- that is a lie. Georgia REQUESTED to join NATO to prevent Russia invading and their application was rejected "for fear of PROVOKING RUSSIA" -- and 6 weeks after the rejection, Russia invaded. If Georgia was let in, then they would not have been invaded by Moscow
Secondly - the reason for NATO is Putin invading and threatening his neighbor.
Thirdly - your statement about "no national security" is false - this is exactly the same narrative as 1938 Czech crises. Russia invaded Ukraine, threatened the Baltics etc.
fourthly - Ukraine is sovereign by any measure. independent and not under the authority of any other country. It is not under the USA no matter how many times the Kremlin and you repeat that lie
Fifthly - Ukraine is a real democracy - it has had internationally monitored elections and the last one - 2019 was clearly stated as free and fair
So stop repeating lies
That's bull - Ukraine wasn't going to join NATO until Putin got uppity and started talking about assimilating Ukraine and how it wasn't a "legitimate nation".
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