"The Ukraine will not join NATO."
It could end in a second with these words from Poroshenko.
"The Ukraine will not join NATO." |
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Putin started this because of an EU agreement, not a proposed NATO agreement...
NATO is a side issue. You know this. Putin wants Ukraine to be economically dependent on Russia. He doesn't want it being part of, or having strong relationships with, the EU. Too much gas goes through Ukraine for him to give up that leverage. There's no chance of Ukraine joining NATO soon, unless Putin continues to push, then all bets are off... My $0.02. Cheers, Scott. |
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Re: NATO is a side issue. You know this.
It's not an issue at all except in Russian propaganda and the idiots that believe it. It's been long destined and accepted by almost all to be a buffer state. NATO wouldn't have Ukraine for any number of reasons. Russian "sensitivity" is one of those reasons. But NATO does not want Russia to consume Ukraine and move it's borders up against NATO countries either. Alex "There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that "my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge." -- Isaac Asimov |
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Yup. Thanks.
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I guess that all depends on whose propaganda you want to believe.
I suppose we didn't assure Gorbachev of anything as well. |
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Everything is connected to a previous post... ;-) How about the issue of independent states being free to set their own policies and so forth? UN 25/2625 (October 24, 1970): Convinced that the strict observance by States of the obligation not to intervene in the affairs of any other State is an essential condition to ensure that nations live together in peace with one another, since the practice of any form of intervention not only violates the spirit and letter of the Charter, but also leads to the creation of situations which threaten international peace and security, Does Putin's hurt feelings trump that, too? To be clear - yes, we (the USA) too often haven't stood up for those principles in the past. That doesn't mean Putin should be able to trash them now. Ukraine is an independent nation that should be supported while Putin tries to chop it up and impose his views on its government. Cheers, Scott. |