Originally Posted by
Andy
Interesting spin. Completely brainwashed like most westerners but interesting.
Is NATO expanding the amount of land they have control over? Yes.
Could NATO expansion be considered a modern invasion or colonization? Yes. The US responded to European colonization of the western hemisphere with the Monroe Doctrine. The Soviet Union negotiated at Yalta to control eastern European countries as a buffer against European invasion. Now NATO is sniping that buffer one by one with economic bribery to get them to join NATO.
Is NATO weak? No; they are much stronger than Russia.
You are obviously not a student of history, much less military history, and even less military tactics.
Using your logic, the Native Americans were the aggessors because they slowed down the settlers of the west. After all, it was our Manifest Destiny. Not much different than what is happening across Europe.
1) No. NATO doesn't hold land. NATO isn't an economic partnership. It is purely a defense agreement which cannot, by definition, be offensive. NATO has no real power or governing authority and is basically the 20th century version of a pinky promise.
2) again. NATO can't invade.
3) I'm not arguing that Russia is strong, especially after their inability to beat a bunch of unorganized commoners in Ukraine. After the previous administration assault on NATO, it had never been closer to dissolving or becoming completely irrelevant. It wasn't until the invasion of a sovereign nation bordering NATO states that NATO unity solidified. And honestly, it wasn't really until the full scale invasion. Western governments appeared to be disinterested in getting involved in the initial invasion into Eastern Ukraine. Oh, and the war crimes..lots and lots of war crimes.
Native American analogy is a giant logical fallacy. A more appropriate analogy would be if the Native Americans were a nation state and the French signed a treaty to provide collective defense for the state. Then the English, mad at the agreement, invaded Canada and blew up schools and apartment buildings to show how tough they were.