But you don't think Russia should feel threatened, because you think NATO only represents lollipops and rainbows.
“...there was no longer a need for NATO after the USSR fell”
Are you FKN KIDDING ME?
Georgia: Invaded and annexed by Russia 2008.
Crimea: Invaded and annexed by Russia in 2014.
Belarus: Invaded and annexed by Russia in 2020.
Ukraine: Invaded by Russia in 2022.
This is why former Soviet republics want to join NATO.
They are not asking to join Russia. They are being invaded.
Ukraine proves why they need to be in NATO.
But you don't think Russia should feel threatened, because you think NATO only represents lollipops and rainbows.
Putin's crazy invasion of Ukraine is going to usher in a whole new group of NATO candidates.
I disagree 1000%.
If the “cold war” was truly over, then the military organization that was on side A of the coin should have been disbanded and a true east/west peace could have been easier to achieve.
Russia was threatened by the expanding former-foe NATO
But like all bureaucracy, it eats itself alive when no longer relevant—just like much of the US government itself
There is no need for
NPR
USPS
DOE
Dept of Housing and Urban Develop
that it the TIP of the iceberg my friend of bureaucracy that serves ZERO F’ING purpose at all. postal needs and services can easily be absorbed within the private sector and some sensible laws/regulations to make sure legal mail etc.. gets to the recipient. But does the DOE serve any positive purpose—nope.
When was the last time you heard of a government agency/commission/organization just get deactivated/defunded because it no longer serves it’s purpose.
hence, what should have happened to NATO by the end of the 20th century.
but like wikipedia itself says:
In the 1990s, the organization extended its activities into political and humanitarian situations that had not formerly been NATO concerns
If the war is truly over, then theres no need for the military alliance....and if the war isn’t over....then, well, here we are ukraine/Russia 2022.