Thread by @rshereme

“NATO provoked russia to attack Ukraine“
 
The brainwashed idiots such as Nigel Farage and Jeffrey Sachs continue to repeat russian propaganda that somehow NATO provoked russia to attack Ukraine.

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2/ First, the stupidity of this argument begins with plain ignorance. NATO never promised russia not to expand.

3/ The only formal agreement signed between NATO countries and the USSR, before its breakup in 1991, was the Treaty of Final Settlement with Respect to Germany, according to which there would be no NATO troops and no nuclear weapons in Eastern Germany.

4/ Second, the stupidity of the argument comes from not understanding a simply law of cause and consequences. Until 2013, only about 20-30% of Ukrainians (depending on the poll) were in favor of joining NATO. After the annexation of Crimea, that number went up to more than 50%.

5/ And after the full scale invasion in 2022, 90% of Ukrainians say that they want Ukraine to join NATO. So, it is russian aggression (cause) that has pushed Ukraine towards NATO (consequence). It is russian aggression that forced Sweden and Finland to join NATO.

6/ Third, there is a plain ignorance regarding the russian history. Over the past 100 years, russia attacked and invaded dozens of other countries:
1939 – Finland, Poland
1956 – Hungary
1968 – Czechoslovakia
1992 - Moldova
1994-1999 – Chechnya
2008 – Georgia
2014-2024 – Ukraine

7/ Then why do these idiots continue to repeat russian propaganda? Great question. It could be a consequence of a childhood trauma, conscious ignorance, lack of critical thinking, lack of empathy, plain stupidity, you name it…