Ukraine Thread

[Brenus]

"So where is the balance?" The balance? NATO used the fall of USSR followed by a weak Russia to push East. No way you can say now "sorry, we didn't mean it".
Russia has now an aggressive, nationalist leader, and have the taste for respect back.
So NATO has to deal with situations a bit more carefully in order not to end like in Ukraine.
Balance would start by stop pretending Western Powers didn't exploit the situation. And stop pretending that Tupolev Bear are Nuclear bombers. If Russia still had Anatra D-series or Sikorsky S16, NATO would classified them as Fighters!!!
To recognise that Russia has geostrategic interest, and can be nervous when NATO installed missile at its borders, and when regime change occurred, have to be less arrogant and/or obvious in its participation in the process. NATO doesn't care of democracy as proved by Kosovo. No Country was expelled from NATO for being dictatorships. In fact, a lot of NATO members became member when they were a dictatorship.