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The provocation of Russia is unnecessary and dangerous. There is no strategic reason for Ukraine joining NATO especially a corrupt country.
Wait so your telling me and I am sorry but I gotta try and wrap my head around this... that Russia invading its neighbor and slaughtering and torturing civilians is somehow provocation? It was only once this happened and the true vile nature of the crimes came out that you saw aid surge into the country.
Russia came through and on video just mowed down civilians man... that alone provoked the West into action.
There is also evidence that diplomacy works. If today's blood-thirsty, war mongering leaders were in charge during the Cuban missile crisis we would not be here to have this conversation.
Imagina refusing diplomacy at all like UK/EU/Neocons do. That's really a cultural decay and highly unethical
The issue at hand still boils down to not only your side but the other. No one wants to compromise and when you are dealing with volatile leaders like Putin it is hard to take them for their word because of their history of actions. Europe as a whole I think is still burned by the WWII era diplomacy failures other failures.
This article from a couple of years ago highlights efforts made to prevent war and highlights how Russia was getting ready to invade its neighbor without reason but it failed and Putin wouldn't be deterred. Putin thought once the US had the embarrassing withdrawal from Afghanistan Biden would cave and didn't.
https://foreignpolicy.com/2022/02/28/russia-ukraine-biden-eu-when-diplomacy-fails/
I mean emboldening your enemies by letting them get what they want is a very stupid and we have plenty of evidence it is doesn't work.
Russia is already cooked and was cooked after a year and a half. Now its just well sad.
With regards to NATO and the US I will just drop this here...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hZJwQlM_L0