Comments by "andy99ish" (@andy99ish) on "NATO-Russia Fight From Feb? NATO Nation Germany Gears Up For War With Moscow; '300,000 Troops...'" video.

Germany in its recent history oscillates between militarism and pacifism. Both positions are dangerous to peace. And that Germany did not stop NATO from encroaching Russia turned out to be fatal. Now one might have dismissed Russian fears of NATO as exaggerated. However that is beside the point. What counts is, that these fears were clearly and repeatedly communicated and that Russia is a nuclear superpower. Any reasonable statesmen would have taken all this into account. The Ukraine could have assumed military neutrality and concentrated on its economic and social development, taking advantage of both its traditional ties with Russia and new ties with the EU. Instead now we have a brutal war, wide devastation of the Ukraine, grave harm for Russia, inflation and increasing unrest in Western Europe.
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@abhimanyunath2001 It was NATO who expanded 1,000 miles towards Russia. Accepting everyone but Russia. That by any standards is an offensive move.
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@neilba1 Sure, when making mistakes like provoking Russia by NATO encroachment just add more mistakes. After all we all crave for an nuclear exchange, don't we ?
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@neilba1 Because everyone is afraid of Russia. And joining/wanting to join a military alliance hostile to Russia they actually provoke Russia. A self-fulfilling prophecy, see. NATO membership/quasi membership, instead of protecting from war, is the cause of war. We had a better solution than that in the Cold War. Namely militarily neutral countries. Which at the same time were free to pursue their economic and political model.
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