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This conflict goes back much further than last month and NATO expansion is absolutely a key cause of this war. Being sarcastic about it doesn't change that.
The NATO is a defense agreement. Of course, Russia won't be a fan of everyone else forming an alliance, but they wouldn't need to care either, if they don't plan to invade anyone.
And their immediate neighbors certainly wouldn't either be joining a defense agreement with foreign forces rather than with Russia, if they felt like they could trust Russia, let alone need defense against Russia.
Ah yes it's just an innocent defensive alliance that has been relentlessly expanding and invading countries for the past 30 years.
"if I kill all of my enemies, its basically defence"
Uh yeah because that's what NATO does. It's not a defensive alliance and it never was, just look at what happened to Yugoslavia and Libya. NATO is a clear and present danger to every country that opposes the west and if they expanded to Ukraine, they would be able to install military bases right next door to Russia's capital. And they would undoubtedly use them.
Also, Ukraine was coup'd in 2014 by the US so it's very debatable how much of the people's will is represented by the decisions of their government. Especially considering Ukraine has since been in a civil war between those who refuse to recognize the puppet government and those who support it.
And if we're talking about respecting sovereignty, then Ukraine should have followed the Minsk protocols. To Russia's credit, they tried resolving this conflict diplomatically for 8 years. If Russia was half as war-loving as the US, they wouldn't have negotiated their problems at all & would've sent their troops in years ago.
And what does Zelensky being Jewish have to do with anything? You realize Israel exists, right? Do you also believe that the USA ended anti-black racism because Obama was president too?
Defensively bombing and overthrowing yugoslavia, libya...
What the fuck was Libya? Yugoslavia? NATO is an alliance of anglo scum and any real leftist that isn't an idiotic neoliberal shitcake worth their salt would not take their side. My god people like this are truly the lowest of scum. Don't try to reply, I won't make an effort to continue talking to idiots.