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In reply to the discussion: Most Americans Don't Want War With Russia. Where Are Progressives? [View all]radius777
(3,921 posts)53. To defend the West and democracy,
and stop Russian expansionism. They cannot be allowed to invade an sovereign country. The annexation of Crimea was bad enough and should've been dealt with more harshly.
NATO is already helping Ukraine, who wants to be in NATO, and only isn't due to West appeasing Putin, instead of standing up to him like we should.
Bill Clinton and NATO was correct in the 90s to deal with the genocide in Bosnia, and iirc had to go around Russia to do so.
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/clinton-and-policing-world-bosnia/
In 1995 in central Europe, Bosnian Serbs had begun wiping out the largely Muslim population in their own country. That July, violence reached a climax when Bosnian Serb soldiers overran the city of Srebrenica and murdered more than 8,000 defenseless men and boys. "That was a real shock for everyone," says Kofi Annan, U.N. Secretary-General. "And for that to happen in Europe, many decades after World War II, was something that nobody could sit back and swallow." In response, President Clinton initiated Operation Deliberate Force, a massive NATO military response. "He didn't blink," National Security Coordinator Richard Clarke said. "We knew that day that we had a commander-in-chief who was rational and comfortable with the use of force."
In 1995 in central Europe, Bosnian Serbs had begun wiping out the largely Muslim population in their own country. That July, violence reached a climax when Bosnian Serb soldiers overran the city of Srebrenica and murdered more than 8,000 defenseless men and boys. "That was a real shock for everyone," says Kofi Annan, U.N. Secretary-General. "And for that to happen in Europe, many decades after World War II, was something that nobody could sit back and swallow." In response, President Clinton initiated Operation Deliberate Force, a massive NATO military response. "He didn't blink," National Security Coordinator Richard Clarke said. "We knew that day that we had a commander-in-chief who was rational and comfortable with the use of force."
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Most former Warsaw Pact members are now members of NATO, so they are covered by treaty.
Klaralven
Jan 2022
#9
It's what I've been thinking as well, Chin music. At some point Uncle Sam's word ...
Hekate
Jan 2022
#26
Putin is attacking the EU the way he's attacking the US: with propaganda and cyber-weapons
Hekate
Jan 2022
#39
Didn't mean to be snarky about my search; just indicating there's a lot--and a lot I needed reminding
Hekate
Jan 2022
#41
Curious article, the author seems to be taking issue w/ progs taking stances that 80+% of DU agrees
Celerity
Jan 2022
#17