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    as opposed to having your biggest aggressor right in your doorstep?

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      All of the countries near Russia that joined NATO did so because they already have their biggest aggressor on their doorsteps.

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        so afraid that they based their energy grids on russian fuel

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          If buying stuff from the other side is your yardstick, NATO clearly wasn’t a threat to Russia. Germany, Italy, France, and America were all some of Russia’s largest import sources in 2021.

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            which all sounds really dumb if russia was that big of an aggressor in the first place. either that or you know, they werent.

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                Those paratroopers were there to peacefully take the airport too

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              Oh cool, then neither is aggressor. Since they were both doing business with each other. Because apparently that’s how it works.

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                Then whats the fucking problem. Why provoke this useless war with russia?

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                  Functionally illiterate troll does not understand “your argument is self-defeating nonsense” unless it’s spelled out.

                  And I’m putting a lot of faith in the implication you understand it even now.

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                    way to move the goalposts here. wasnt russia a huge scary threat?

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            so save a couple of things, almost exactly as they have been before motherfuckers started provoking war with russia