I like cats and stuff. I'm sure your opinions are wholly your own and completely uninfluenced and unbiased. Out of the entire human population of mostly idiots, I'm sure you're one of the ones that has put forth a real effort to think for yourself. You probably have a college degree; you couldn't possibly be wrong. So, I invite your downvotes to my comments and regurgitated baseless replies to make yourself feel better, which is probably why you're here in the first place. Feed me Seymour. I will die a glutton of your tears.
Whether you're correct or not, this is Imgur; you can't just say something good about FOX and not expect to be downvoted into the ground.
Worth it
Those two orchids can go fuck themselves. Wipe out all the mosquitos.
You can always claim a resource grab as an underlying reason for an invasion. Nobody would invade anywhere if they had no resources. But had NATO not done what they did, Russia would have had no excuse. They do now. It's the same way the US has been invading the middle east for their oil for decades.
Russia wasn't really oppressing recently until they were repeatedly provoked by NATO. And if you think provocation is a good thing, well, I'll see you on the other side of WW3, because nobody wins that one.
If you consider it from Russia's perspective, the promise wasn't to just the USSR, it was to Russia. You could argue from the west's perspective that the promise is now void, but the point is that RUSSIA will not see it that way, and NATO knows that. Also, if a NATO member state does something involving NATO, then that reflects NATO. That's part of what being a member of an organization means.
Not even NATO denies Libya.
I'm not saying Russia is right in what they're doing. But what I am saying is that Ukraine and NATO should have handled all of this much better, instead of pretending Russia doesn't exist, and assuming they just wouldn't do anything about it. They're acting like the sleeping dragon next door doesn't exist, and then doing a bunch of stuff to annoy it. Maybe the stuff they're doing isn't illegal, but it's definitely not nice or respectful, and the dragon is known to have a bad temper.
Maybe what NATO says publicly, but demonstrably, they act far more as a political leveraging tool, which Russia has never wanted anything to do with. The more members NATO has, the more countries that can politically ally against non-members to get what they want, and that is what is a threat to Russia, especially when the organization expands directly to their border. If Russia decided to start sending weapons to the Canadian and Mexican governments, you can bet the US would react the same way.
This goes far too deep to ever cover in an Imgur comment, but essentially, NATO representatives promised the USSR that NATO would not expand past east Germany, and NATO's own policies state that countries with border disputes are not allowed to enter NATO. They've already broken that initial promise, as well as the US manipulating Ukranian politics to install pro-NATO leadership, in an effort to turn the Ukraine completely against Russia. Google, and also don't just read NATO's own narrative.
What you're saying is like, "we should agree not to bring guns to this peaceful event. Except we can bring guns, because we don't trust you"
They literally invaded Ukraine because they called NATO's bluff. There is NO DISPUTE about that.
If I'd more respect for the average imgurian, I'd think they were just trolling, but I've been here long enough to see the Facebookification
Don't bother. These people have never understood a single thing regarding geopolitics. They're arguing spoon-fed propaganda on a meme site.
NATO IS DIFFERENT GUYS
I'd just like to say that I'm proud to have the most downvoted comment on this. It just reassures me that the majority of imgur is clueless.
Breaking a formal promise certainly seems like a threat to me, especially when you're actively pressuring people to choose a side.
Look, I'm not on Russia's side, but if you look into this further than just a headline, this is literally a blatant provocation from NATO.
Yes, they should have, since they literally entered into an agreement with Russia decades ago saying that they wouldn't do that.
Oh, I'm sorry, do you mean their end of the bargain that they upheld until NATO broke the bargain? Do at least the most basic of research...
#3 seems like kinda bad timing... I guess NATO is just going to keep teasing the dragon...
People might think this is a joke. It's not. This is really how it happens.
Everyone wants a new friend. It's only you that can prevent a friendship.
It's like they are mythical creatures to them or something. Strangers would stop him on the street and ask for pictures with him.
Something my friend discovered about Japanese people when he visited is that they are completely astounded and enamored by black people.