Victim blaming. We ASKED FOR IT with our support for a country which wants to be part of the EU and needs protection from Russia!
Russian claims of the 'threat to it' posed by NATO are the same as Russian claims that Assad didn't use CW or of a 'Nazi junta' running Ukraine. Lies
Russian claims of the 'threat to it' posed by NATO are the same as Russian claims that Assad didn't use CW or of a 'Nazi junta' running Ukraine. Lies
https://twitter.com/jeffrey_bowers/status/1498716285391327238
The real 'threat' to Putin's Russia is of a successful liberal democracy on its borders, showing the Russian people the very real alternative that's possible.
Putin grew up in the Cold War. He was a KGB agent for 16 years during the Cold War. He sees the world through that lens.
Putin grew up in the Cold War. He was a KGB agent for 16 years during the Cold War. He sees the world through that lens.
A very large reason why the USSR lost the Cold War - which Putin considers 'the greatest geopolitical catastrophe of the twentieth century' - was that the peoples of Eastern Europe saw that our values and our system were infinitely preferable.
Putin fears it happening again.
Putin fears it happening again.
Look at a map. Look at the gargantuan size of Russia. The largest country in the world, double the size of the US, double the size of China.
And do you know how much of Russia, which is 17 million kilometres squared, borders NATO members? 6%.
And do you know how much of Russia, which is 17 million kilometres squared, borders NATO members? 6%.
How TERRIFYING. What will become of poor little Russia?
It chose this war. Ukraine did not. NATO did not. The West did not. Enough of this apologia for illegal war, illegal annexation, and the wanton slaughter of innocents.
It chose this war. Ukraine did not. NATO did not. The West did not. Enough of this apologia for illegal war, illegal annexation, and the wanton slaughter of innocents.
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