26 Oct 2022 8:28 am
That argument has merit up to a point (waging war to take advantage of a loophole in a charter is beyond it). My replies have been to an argument that did not have merit.Neo » 26 Oct 2022, 7:51 am » wrote: ↑ Russia dissolved their military Pact as a gesture of peace when the iron curtain was dropped. Western countries did not dissolve nato. Decade after decade Russia complained when more countries were added to a military alliance designed to counter a Soviet Union that no longer existed. Their complaints went unheard. They long made it clear Ukraine was their red line as nato inched closer. When Russia was threatened with loss of access to Crimea they annexed it. When there was talk of fast tracking Ukraine into nato they made this impossible. No country involved in an active war is eligible for nato membership by it's own charter. You can blame Russia and Putin all you like but their actions are understandable and certainly provoked.