ext_39051 ([identity profile] telemann.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] politicartoons 2014-07-17 09:09 pm (UTC)

Yes. NATO. An alliance created against a threat which is no more.

Ukraine would disagree.


An alliance which has constantly broken its promises to stop expanding.




This notion is very interesting, and certainly mentioned a lot in Russia, but, well, players of the time have said, there wasn't any such promise made.
(http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/nato-s-eastward-expansion-did-the-west-break-its-promise-to-moscow-a-663315.html) NATO challenged this version of history, with a fact sheet on the subject. (http://www.nato.int/cps/en/natolive/topics_109141.htm) And it doesn't make logical sense, how could you expect a country to sign away its rights in perpetuity by a Superpower?

A defensive alliance which has been expanding and invading for the last 24 years.and invading for the last 24 years.

Not so much (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NATO_Operations). Sure I understand Russian anger over intervention in Bosnia, and Kosovo, and Afghanistan.



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