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[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 72 points 1 month ago (6 children)

Woke liberal gay propaganda, obviously.

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[–] AllToRuleThemOne@lemmy.world 48 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Was expecting a lot of ml / ca rage. Was not disappointet.

[–] menas@lemmy.wtf 9 points 1 month ago (3 children)

ml, stand for marxist leninist I guess. But what does ca mean ?

[–] AllToRuleThemOne@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I don’t know, but saw a lot of tankie stuff from lemmy.ca lately.

[–] tempest@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] HugeNerd@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 month ago

Some people forget to spray against Russians under their bed every night, bam, they become Russian assets.

[–] InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago

I believe Canada.

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[–] b0ber@lemmy.world 30 points 1 month ago (111 children)

The cognitive dissonace hits hard on this one, how dare you join a defensive pact!

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[–] ZMoney@lemmy.world 27 points 1 month ago (12 children)

On 21 December 1991, Boris Yeltsin, President of Russia, sent a letter to NATO asking it to consider accepting Russia as a member of the alliance sometime in the future. In the letter to NATO, Yeltsin stated, "This would contribute to an atmosphere of mutual understanding and trust and would strengthen stability and cooperation on the European continent. We regard this relationship as serious and wish to develop this dialog on all fronts, both on the political and military levels. Today we raise the issue of Russia's membership in NATO, however, we see this as a long-term political goal".

Then, a bunch of stuff happened and both sides realized it was advantageous to not have Russia in NATO. Turns out it's easier to win elections when there's a cold war going on. You can read about it here.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia%E2%80%93NATO_relations

[–] RaivoKulli@sopuli.xyz 10 points 1 month ago

Including Russia in the military alliance meant to safeguard others from Russian aggression seems wild. I know things were very different in 1991 and there were hopes that Russia would become like Western European countries, but it just feels like it would've made NATO pointless and not in the good sense of it not being needed anymore.

[–] HazardousBanjo@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago (6 children)

Russia wasn't exactly a bastion of stability at that era, especially as Shock Therapy economics absolutely destroyed the country.

Additionally, all these other countries that wanted into NATO vehemently hated Russia for years of occupation. They'd probably have been far more hesitant to join if Russia was in there.

Not saying there wasn't malice on the side of the West, but at no point in NATO's existence had inviting Russia into the fold made any strategic sense.

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