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Originally Posted by CivicBlues
Well, it kinda is...in the same way the UN was "expansionist". But rightly or wrongly, from Putin's point of view an organization that was created to contain the Soviet Union is something he must fight against.
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This chart tells you what you need to know about the former Soviet Union, and it's not saying that "NATO is expansionist" when these countries voluntarily join them. Especially now that Putin has proven them to be right in making that choice.
If they hadn't joined, this exact thing we're seeing today would have happened 20 years ago. In fact it
did happen with Crimea