Comments by "Tony Wilson" (@tonywilson4713) on "Gravitas Plus: Did NATO push Ukraine into war?" video.

  1. Yeah but just as there are 2 sides to every story Palki is ignoring WHY these former Soviet states wanted to join NATO. She's quite rightly pointed out many historical facts and she's dead right about most them. But she's leaving out some important facts, like WHY do all these countries want to join NATO. NATO didn't go recruiting those nations, yes they left the door open and yes they didn't keep their agreement on expansion. However those nations APPLIED to NATO. Ukraine applied in 2008 and it was NATO that stopped expanding at that time. That's been left out of her monologue. What's more NATO even left the door open for Russia to join NATO. As to WHY these smaller ex-Soviet states applied to NATO look at the history she's NOT talking about. In her time line she left out the entire Soviet era between WW2 and 1989 when the Soviets installed and supported some of the worlds most repressive regimes in those countries. To be fair on that subject America did the same during the same time period which is something most Americans are clueless about. I'm Australian but went to college in America. I know from first hand experience how blind Americans are about international affairs and the dictatorships they supported. Americans who've actually lived outside America have a better understanding just as the Russians who live out side Russia have a better understanding. Palki is usually very good on these sorts of discussions but in this case she's leaving out some important things.
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