Comments by "Frida Kahlo" (@Blanka1100) on "Inside NATO EXPANSION And The Origins Of Russia’s Invasion Of Ukraine: Branko Marcetic" video.

It's easy to be blind and naive if your country has no common border with Russia and no such experience as Eastern Europeans. Greetings from Poland. Nato is an excuse for Putin. Nato is in Eastern Europe for over 20 years. Did Putin wake up 10 months ago? All Putin can do is to invade non Nato country.
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Exactly. Greeting from oland I am sick and tired of people spreading Russia's propaganda. Do they care about Eastern Europe's voice in al of this? We are not Russia's buffe zone. We hate Russia for a reason.
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@MetaView7 USSR is gone but Russia still thinks it owns Eastern Europe. Ukrainians are free peole, they are not Russia's buffer zone. Russia's neighbors joined Nato for a reason. Nobody forced them.
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If Mearsheimer did decide about my country's fate, we would be soviet backyard again. This dude seems not to care about Russia's neighbors voice and will in all of his
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Exactly. Nobody forced my country to join Nato in 1999. We did it because we were sick and tired of Russia. My late grandma was crying tears of joy. She knew Russia better than most Americans and Western Europeans ever will. Does anybody care what we, Russia's neighbors, want? We are not Russia's puppets anymore, we are not Russia's buffer zone, we are free people, Russia does not own Eastern Europe. Russia is simply cheap gas station which can not stand its time of glory is over.
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Exactly. Nobody forced my country, Poland, to join Nato. It was our will and Russia was the last one to tell us what we can or can not do.
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Exactly. Dictators need excuses. Nato is at Russia's borders for over 20 years. Did Putin wake up in February 2022? This is bs.
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Stop spreading russian fakes. Nato never promised not to exand. There was no written agreement, no paer signed that you can show me and bs small talk behind the scene did not matter. Eastern Europeans, their will and their voice did matter. They are free people, not Russia's puppets or a buffer zone. Why is it always Russia which demands a special treatment? What about Russia's victims? Do you care what they want and why oh why so many of them joined Nato as uicly as they could? It's not because Russia was so friendly. Nato does not force anybody to join. I am Polish and my late grandma was crying tears of joy when Poland joined Nato in 1999. She knew Russia better than most of you ever will. Nobody forced us to do so exept for Russia's crimes on our soil over centuries.
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@robhartley7155 My country's own experience with Russia over the years is more than you can imagine.
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@robhartley7155 You simply do not know Russia well enough. It's easy to be blind and naive if you live far away.
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@williamryan9195 Stop spreading bs. My late grandma was crying of joy when our country, Poland joined Nato in 1999. She knew Russia better than you can imagine. Russia is not our Master. We are done with Russia's paranoia. Nobody forced us to join Nato exept for Russia and our experience with soviet/russian crimes on our soil for centuries.
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@MariusH242 Russia's security concers are Putin's excuses and paranoia
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@MiCajaDelIdiota Nato is in Eastern Europe for over 20 years. Did Putin wake up yesterday? It's an excuse to justify Putin's sick idea to annex Ukraine. Nato never invaded Russia. It's Russia which keeps invading neighbors. Russia has never had any respect for smaller neighbors. Guess what? We are done with Putin's paranoia. USSR is gone. Russia does not own Eastern Europe anymore. Deal with it.
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@MiCajaDelIdiota Poland joined Nato in 1999, Lithuania in 2004. Both are Russia's neighbors for more or less 20 years. Did Putin wake up 10 months ago? utin hates Nato just because he can not invade a Nato country. I am sick and tired of russian excuses and whataboutism. utin does not even want Ukrainian language and culture to exists. USSR is gone but Russia still keeps invading its neighbors. But guess what? Eastern Europe is not soviet backyard anymore. They are done wih Russia's paranoia. Russia does not own Eastern Europe anymore. Russia is not a super power but poor cheap gas station which can not stand its time of glory is over. Paer tiger army that made fool of itself in Ukraine. What did Russia achieve? Pariah state status? Good for you.
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Exactly. Why didn't Putin invade Poland or Lithuania? He invaded Georgia in 2008 and now Ukraine because they are not Nato countries.
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@sherrysnyder4195 If Ukraine had been in Nato, utin would have not invaded. All Putin can do is to invade non Nato country. Nato is an excuse for utin. Russia simply loves annexing its neighbor's land.
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Russia occupies 20% of Georgia. Russia tokk Crimea, Russia invaded whole of Ukraine. Nato never invaded Russia. Nato is an excuse for Putin. It's Russia which keeps invading its neighbors.
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@nordan00 If your country borders Russia there is no such thing as being neutral. You would become Russia's victim sooner or later. All Putin cn do is to invade non Nato country. Russia still occuies 20%of Georgia. If Russia was a good neighbor, all those former Warsaw pact countries would have no need to join Nato to be secured. Nato does not force anybody to join. It's a choice of every independent state and who is Russia to decide about it? Why is it always Russia which demands a special treatment? Nato is an excuse for Putin to annex Ukraine.
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@naasking USSR invaded Poland on 17th of september 1939 and Soviets committed Katyn massacre of 22 000 Polish officers in Katyn forest in 1940 but Russians still think they were all angrls and liberators for Eastern Europe.
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@nordan00 Did USA annex Cuba's land? Putin dos not even consider Ukraine as an independent state and does not want Ukrainian language and culture to exist. Can you see a difference? USSR is gone but Russia still loves invading its neighbors so they want to be Nato members to be secured. Russia does not own Eastern Europe. As long as Russia keeps invadng non Nato countries, Nato exists for a reason.
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@naasking If Russia was a good neighbor all those former Warsaw pact countries and Russia's neighbors would have no need to join Nato to be secured. t's like blaming a victim for asking for help and calling the police. Putin acts like an abusife former husband who can not stand his wife filed for divorce and called the police because she did not want to be hurt anymore. You do not do what a criminal asks you to do. You put him in jail instead of making him happy.
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Russia broke Budapest Memorndum. Who did poison Victor Yushchenko? Nobody forced Ukrainians to go West exept for Russia's crmes on Ukrainian soil.
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@sbl17jackson37 Nobody forces anybody to join Nato,. Countries apply to join. And who is Russia to decide about other independent country's pact choices? Bs small talk behind the scene it's not an agreement. Besides, Why should we always care what Russia wants? Who does Russia think it is? If Russia was a good neighbor, there would be no need to join Nato to be secured. Stop talking about Eastern Europe as if its will did not matter. Era of spheres of influence is over. Eastern Europe is not soviet backyard anymore. Russia today is anything but super power. Paper tiger army and cheap gas station. Ukraine had no chance to join Nato in the nearest fututre. Nato does not want countries with border problems and current wars as its members. Nato is an excuse for Putin. Nato never invaded Russia It's Russia which keeps invading its neighbors. Russia has never had any respect for its neighbors.
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@naasking Did you ask yourself why so many former Warsaw pact countries joined Nato as quicly as they could? I will give you a clue. They know Russia better, it was not because Russia was so friendly.
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@hansdampf6916 Do you know what is Russia's biggest problem? No respect for its smaller neighbors. Stop talking abou Eastern Europeans as if their voice and will did not matter. It did. We are done with Russia's demands of a special treatment.
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Stop talking about Eastern Europeans as if their voice and will to be secured did not matter in all of this. It did. They are not Russia's puppets anymore. They hate Russia for a reason.
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West has been very patient and treated Russia much better than Russia deserved. Russia loves blaming everybody around for their own mistakes, crimes and weakness. Russia's gdp sucks, Russia is cheap gas station which did not notice USSR is gone.
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It is an excuse. Nato is in Eastern Europe for over 20 years. Did Putin wake up 10 months ago? All Putin can do is to invade non Nato country. fI your country borders Russia being neutral is pure utopia
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