As Russian aggression continues and Trump’s US threatens NATO, it is even more vital for a unified defence of the continent.

Timothy Garton Ash Professor of European Studies, University of Oxford

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[–] 2 points 19 hours ago* (1 child)

Putin has barely been able to invade part of Ukraine over multiple years

Yeah and he doesn't care that he can't occupy Ukraine, is killing massive amounts of his people and destroying his country's economy as long at it keeps him in power. So when Putin's decisions are very obviously not based on any kind of sense, why not attack the Baltics next? Doesn't matter that he won't be able to defeat NATO. When he sees a political or personal reason he will do it, because fuck any consequences others have to bear.

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  • [–] -3 points 18 hours ago* (1 child)

    not based on any kind of sense

    The West did some things to Iraq, Libya and other countries. It's not entirely unreasonable to be a bit worried. We bought the Cuba story that the US cannot allow rockets there. We still don't help Cuba to be free. There is a moral imbalance that makes Russia seem less reasonable than they could be.

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  • [–] 3 points 16 hours ago* (1 child)

    Call me a cynic, but I tend to not give much about morality here. When predicting the behavior of countries/their leaders I simply go by precendent.

    Would the US randomly invade any third world country under a pretense for oil (or other geopolitical reasons) if they think they can get away with it? Sure. Would the current US administration be as bad and also incredibly stupid and incompetent on top? Very much so. Will Russia that doubled down on a failing quick special military operation again and again while telling fairy tales of fighting NATO and totally ignoring all setbacks, double down again and attack NATO territory when it's fitting their political narrative because they obviously don't care for the consequences? Entirely possible.

    I can answer all these questions without any moral or much bias or some "we vs. them" view point just based on what already happened.

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