WARSAW, Poland — Eastern European countries are raising alarm over Ukraine potentially being pushed into peace talks with Russia, amid growing partisanship in Washington, hesitation and delays in w…
Russia can cry about their red line all they want, but it wasn't in the treaty. The Revolutions of 1989 made it clear Eastern Europeans weren't interested in Russian control, the Balkans were unstable, and the Chechen & Georgian wars stoked fear in the former Soviet states. All NATO had to do was open their doors, and again, nothing in the treaty forbade it.
Well, no. No I'm not. I was just lazily pointing out that "Russia threw a series of temper tantrums so we should appease them" isn't a good argument either. My argument at least has the weight of a legally binding treaty behind it. As far as Ukraine goes, both powers were meddling there; Russia lost the game. That doesn't give them the right to invade, that was a choice that Putin made. He could have just as easily accepted that he's a loser, and tens of thousands OF HIS OWN PEOPLE would still be alive, not to mention Ukrainians.
Sooo... Your take is Putin should except he lost a game he wasn't playing? Really just a juvenile take. How often does a larger country go 'OH well let's just let this smaller former part of our country fuck with us.' ? Live in reality.
Russia can cry about their red line all they want, but it wasn't in the treaty. The Revolutions of 1989 made it clear Eastern Europeans weren't interested in Russian control, the Balkans were unstable, and the Chechen & Georgian wars stoked fear in the former Soviet states. All NATO had to do was open their doors, and again, nothing in the treaty forbade it.
"I'm not legally prohibited from doing this" is rarely a good argument
I'm not sure there are any good arguments in geopolitics.
now you're just backpedaling
Well, no. No I'm not. I was just lazily pointing out that "Russia threw a series of temper tantrums so we should appease them" isn't a good argument either. My argument at least has the weight of a legally binding treaty behind it. As far as Ukraine goes, both powers were meddling there; Russia lost the game. That doesn't give them the right to invade, that was a choice that Putin made. He could have just as easily accepted that he's a loser, and tens of thousands OF HIS OWN PEOPLE would still be alive, not to mention Ukrainians.
Sooo... Your take is Putin should except he lost a game he wasn't playing? Really just a juvenile take. How often does a larger country go 'OH well let's just let this smaller former part of our country fuck with us.' ? Live in reality.
1989 Revolutions? Wholesale dismemberment of the USSR more like. And treaty didn't say it. The Russians sure as fuck did.