Did NATO promise Russia never to expand to the east? | DW News

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Thumbpicker said:
I'll contribute what every one else contributes i.e. via my taxes. However if Canada wants to actually fight I'd consider a temporary relocation to help their war effort.
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That doesn't sound like your too confident in you convictions. You'll only give your personal support if someone else does it first.
 
Thumbpicker said:
They'd be somewhat meaningless unless they subtract what you are trying to claw back from the Ukraine via taking their resources. Same as what you contributed to WW2 by taking all the UK's resources.
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You claim we stole UK gold, the Marshall Plan never happened did it?
 
Russian victory was inevitable from the start, once the Russians knew with certainty that the West had zero intention to negotiate.

In December before the February conflict began, Russia sent a proposal to the Biden cartel who ignored it. France and Germany both admitted the Minsk accords were a ruse, to buy time for Ukraine to arm, they never had any intention to negotiate for peace after the US backed Maidan coup in 2014.

The collective West has been lying to Putin since he's been in power; yet, he's still willing to negotiate for peace, and avoid nuclear WW3, unlike the clowns running the EU and western Europe.

Europeans love their world wars; the US needs to sit the next one out.

I'm still waiting and hoping Trump will withdraw from NATO, and close all of our military bases in Europe, and bring our forces home. Plenty of work on our own border for our own military.
 
japetus said:
It means that you will be our real mates.
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Not if you impose tariffs on us. Mates don't do that. Also remember Canada is our "mate" as well.

Complete the sentence: The enemy of my friend is my [___________].
 
rsm said:
Russian victory was inevitable from the start, once the Russians knew with certainty that the West had zero intention to negotiate.

In December before the February conflict began, Russia sent a proposal to the Biden cartel who ignored it. France and Germany both admitted the Minsk accords were a ruse, to buy time for Ukraine to arm, they never had any intention to negotiate for peace after the US backed Maidan coup in 2014.

The collective West has been lying to Putin since he's been in power; yet, he's still willing to negotiate for peace, and avoid nuclear WW3, unlike the clowns running the EU and western Europe.

Europeans love their world wars; the US needs to sit the next one out.

I'm still waiting and hoping Trump will withdraw from NATO, and close all of our military bases in Europe, and bring our forces home. Plenty of work on our own border for our own military.
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I don't agree with Russia invading Ukraine, but at the same time I do understand they were pretty much backed into a corner because of the EU and Biden administration. I would have rather seen Russia, Ukraine, and the rest of those involved avoid any war and work towards a diplomatic solution. At the same time I see it as Putin felt events threatened their national security and was left with few choices. I put Putin in the "crazy not stupid" camp. You never know what he's actually going to do, but I think he'll do whatever he could to avoid a full out world war. That wouldn't be good for the entire world let alone be beneficial to Russia. Zelensky and the EU seem to be hell bent on pushing the world into that situation.
 
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Thumbpicker said:
Not if you impose tariffs on us. Mates don't do that. Also remember Canada is our "mate" as well.

Complete the sentence: The enemy of my friend is my [___________].
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Fair trade. Much for muchness, nah?
 
Thumbpicker said:
Complete the sentence: The enemy of my friend is my [___________].
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person I'm completely jealous of and wish I could be like but my gov't doesn't allow it so I bash them at every chance to make myself feel better about my own shitty situation.

PS you haven't answered my question... Will you put up or shut up?
 
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person I'm completely jealous of and wish I could be like but my gov't doesn't allow it so I bash them at every chance to make myself feel better about my own shitty situation.

PS you haven't answered my question... Will you put up or shut up?
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Governments give aid which comes from taxes. No-one except billionaires give material personal donations to a foreign country's war effort. I support whatever aid my Government wishes to give them.
 
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Thumbpicker said:
Governments give aid which comes from taxes. No-one except billionaires give material personal donations to a foreign country's war effort. I support whatever aid my Government wishes to give them.
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That's not much brother.
 
Thumbpicker said:
Governments give aid which comes from taxes. No-one except billionaires give material personal donations to a foreign country's war effort. I support whatever aid my Government wishes to give them.
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You're still avoiding the question. Paraphrasing your own words... You and billionaires are not equal. It needs to be by income to be meaningful. Are you willing to do that and/or give your life (if you were of fighting age) to support Ukraine. Anything less is BS virtue signaling which you seem to be doing.
 
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