> if russia would be declining, there would be absolutely no reason to expand nato. there is though, continued russian aggression against it's neighbours.  > russia had successfully recovered from the disaster of the 1990s [citation needed] > and russia also had designs for ukraine, as it wanted deeper economic cooperation with kyiv through the eau framework. and ukraine didn't want them, so eat a dick. ukrainians choosing to join the west is just what happens when the east sucks dick. maidan was the manifestation of ukraine wanting to go forwards not backwards > us got pissy because it was secretive? yes, and because the soviets are actively hostile and threatening. nato isn't. russian "concerns" are unfounded. arguably so were the us's but that's irrelevant > artificially crafted hatred. back in the 1990s and early 2000s most people in ukraine and baltics didn't give two fucks about russia. [citation needed] because literally everyone in these countries says differently and were glad to get away. > yeah. the amazing alternative is constant war and death. great offer. only because russia continues to throw their hissy fit over their dying empire. russia is the one doing the death
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