“Ah; but, Bob: Those were not invasions; they were all internal Warsaw Pact matters. It’s like the old adage: When your enemy is attacking itself, let it do it.”
As far as I know, those were OTHER COUNTRIES, just like Ukraine, but I agree, they were in the backyard of the Soviets, just as Ukraine is in the backyard of Russia.
“As far as I know, those were OTHER COUNTRIES, just like Ukraine, but I agree, they were in the backyard of the Soviets, just as Ukraine is in the backyard of Russia.”
Other countries in name only: They were captive states of the USSR, controlled and dominated by the Soviet Union, and all three were members of the Warsaw Pact alliance. Their respective governments held office only with the approval of the Soviet Union. To equate Ukraine with those Warsaw Pact countries simply because they were all in Russia’s “backyard” is folly, Bob. The US is in Russia’s “backyard,” too, Bob (Alaska); so is Japan; so is China; so is Mongolia; so is Finland. By your peculiar logic they are all fair game for and deserving of Russian invasion simply because they are Russia’s neighbors. Because, Bob, in your special little world proximity is justification for invasion in and of itself.