[TheDandyMan]

I’m tired, tired, tired of this apples and oranges comparison. None of the United States’ neighbors are in fear or danger of invasion from the US. To the contrary, the United States is far friendlier to Mexico and Canada than their status’s might warrant.

Russia, on the other hand, has a long history of invading her neighbors. Every country bordering Russia in the west has experienced a repressive Russian occupation. The reason for NATO and the reason for new countries clamoring to join NATO is because of this fact. If Russia were as benign in her sphere as the US is in hers, none of these nations would be interested in joining NATO.

[buwaya]

True. Russia (not just Putin, or the Soviets) has a terrible attitude problem. They have a huge chip on the shoulder and extreme short term thinking.

What they need is a few million copies of Dale Carnegie, “How to Win Friends and Influence People”

[ought-six]

“Russia, on the other hand, has a long history of invading her neighbors. Every country bordering Russia in the west has experienced a repressive Russian occupation. The reason for NATO and the reason for new countries clamoring to join NATO is because of this fact. If Russia were as benign in her sphere as the US is in hers, none of these nations would be interested in joining NATO.”

That’s a fact.