[JonPreston]

Putin voted for this by invading Ukraine. Consequences.

He was provoked by an Eastward expansion of NATO, growing from a dozen original members to it's current 30 members.

[JoSixChip]

He was provoked by an Eastward expansion of NATO

Don't waste your time. It's been explained to these freaks a 100 times. They have their branden and msm talking points, no convincing them otherwise.

[Yolanda]

Actually U.S. Pres. Joe Biden and Ukrainian Pres. Zelenskyy decided to break a long standing agreement by agreeing Ukraine could join NATO. Ukraine would then be aligned with the West, not a neutral country. It is common knowledge that Ukraine armed with U.S. funded bio-labs , and part of NATO would be threatening to Russia. Joe Biden and Mr. Zelenskyy obviously wanted to start a war with Russia. Zelenskyy knowingly put his citizens at risk. Joe Biden, fresh from his Afghanistan disaster IMO wanted to hurt American citizens with his warmongering, and in the process destabilize our nation and Europe as well.
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[Boogieman]

“He was provoked by an Eastward expansion of NATO, growing from a dozen original members to it’s current 30 members.”

Yes, the bully was provoked into beating up the scrawny kid, because the scrawny kid had become more popular and the bully found that threatening.

[Lurker]

“He was provoked by an Eastward expansion of NATO,”

All of whom joined voluntarily specifically because of the threat Russia posed and obviously continues to pose.

And it’s wholly irrelevant anyway. It does not justify the invasion of a sovereign country.

That being said the US reaction to it is beyond ordinary stupid and it’s doing real damage here at home.

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[Disestablishmentarian]

He was provoked by an Eastward expansion of NATO, growing from a dozen original members to it's current 30 members.

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This is amazingly similar to the April Glaspie situation.