Comments by "Val Lee" (@vallee7966) on "Tariq Ali on Ukraine, NATO Expansion & How Putin's Invasion Galvanized a Russian Peace Movement" video.

@katong1953 why does Putin get to dictate to an independent sovereign nation what they can & cannot do?
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@h2didenkov how about Putin not violating the Budapest Memorandum Russia signed in 1994? Minsk agreement would be irrelevant.
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Exactly. The newly independent sovereign nations of the ex Soviet Union exercised their right to join whatever collective of their choice. They’re supposed to ask permission?
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We just heard from the previous speaker that Putin’s Ukraine invasion is really about Russia’s pipelines through Ukraine.
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You don’t know Ukrainians. Zelenskyy is not being ‘manipulated’ by anyone. Ukrainians hate Russians. Ever heard of something called the Holodomor?
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@davidgjam7600 didn’t I hear something about Putin insisting NATO get involved in Syria, Afghanistan & Iraq? The break up of Yugoslavia lead to awful crimes against Humanity. Didn’t NATO go in to stop it?
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@kirstinstrand6292 here’s some truth. US does not have missiles in Ukraine. Russia invaded Ukraine with lies. Ukraine is an independent sovereign nation that can decide for itself what organization it wants to join without asking anyone s’ permission. No one has made NATO stronger, more relevant & necessary than Putin. There’s plenty more without going back 100s of years to dredge up every single fault the USA is responsible for. This is not about the USA, this is about a corrupt dictator yearning for the imperial days of the Russian tsars.
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