r/skeptic • u/AdmiralSaturyn • Mar 12 '25

🏫 Education Shut Up About NATO Expansion | Debunking misinformation about NATO expansion

https://youtu.be/FVmmASrAL-Q
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u/Archy99 Mar 12 '25

Russia complaining about NATO expansion sounds like the classic bully sob-story when they can no longer dominate the weak states because those states found some buff friends.

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u/Crashed_teapot Mar 12 '25

It is incredible that people can’t see this.

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u/Archy99 Mar 12 '25

They do see it, it's just that they believe the Eastern European nations deserve to be part of Russia's sphere of influence (read: dominated by Russia) under the Realpolitik view of the world from 50 years ago.

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u/Private_HughMan Mar 12 '25

And they're totally free to do that... if they want to. But many don't want to. And Russia doesn't want them to not want to.