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Scrivener7

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11. And you interpret that to mean we forced them to privatize? .... OK.... But no.

Reply to DonCoquixote (Reply #10)

Sun Mar 6, 2022, 09:23 AM

Mar 2022

Also the article explicitly states that the US never made any promises about NATO. So what Putin cooks up in his nasty little brain is not something anyone can control.

Unless you think that's our fault too?

At any rate, I don't think the article you link supports your assertions, and I completely disagree with those assertions except where you say this is not the fault of the Russian people.

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On Ukraine and Russia [View all] DonCoquixote Mar 2022 OP

And looking to the future... when Putin is gone. WarGamer Mar 2022 #1

So many things to say, but let's start with this: how exactly did we force them to privatize Scrivener7 Mar 2022 #2

here you go DonCoquixote Mar 2022 #10

And you interpret that to mean we forced them to privatize? .... OK.... But no. Scrivener7 Mar 2022 #11

Stop repeating Kremlin talking points: this is not about NATO expansion Arazi Mar 2022 #3

we did it for germany DonCoquixote Mar 2022 #4

Here's the current Russian Minister of Defense. Igel Mar 2022 #5

What happen in Russia after the USSR fell apart is not our fault. brush Mar 2022 #6

Fuck 'em. The USSR lost the Cold War. The West should've strangled radius777 Mar 2022 #7

Nope! Nt USALiberal Mar 2022 #8

Yeltsin's period in power is the key. Emrys Mar 2022 #9

We never promised not to expand NATO east Happy Hoosier Mar 2022 #12