Peter Parker's anti-Russian propaganda glasses: Chapter III

>Russia can move their troops through allied Belarus therefore Belarus is an occupied Russian satellite state.

Oof the I guess by that definition my country is a puppet state of the US too.

I don’t think these countries are worried about becoming the next Ukraine if they don’t host American troops.

I think they’re worried about becoming the next Ukraine if they *didn’t* host American troops as a deterrent against the likes of Russia, China, Iran, and North Korea.

That said, I also doubt that countries with a garrison of a few hundred troops would green-light the kind of maneuvering on the order of tens of thousands that Russia has pulled recently in Belarus.

You actually believe that any of those countries is in danger of invasion by Russia? You've just spent the last 10 months laughing that Russian can't even take the Donbass and you are genuinely standing up for American imperialism based on the idea that Russia, China or even pfft North Korea (lmao) can invade or effectively attack europe. The cognitive dissonance.

This is why you need to take your medication in the morning.

Not your strongest argument bro. Not at all.

Let’s look at the last 3 decades of Russian aggression. Russia targeted:

—1. Chechnya. Not in NATO — obviously, because it’s in Russia. It’s a holdover province of the Russian empire that found itself on the wrong side of the border after the USSR’s dissolution. But that’s another story. Anyway, being in Russia obviously meant no one was there to defend it when the Kremlin’s tanks and artillery came rolling in.

—2. Georgia, attacked by Russia in 2008 and partially annexed. Also not in NATO! Though had been interested in joining.

—3. Ukraine, first attacked by Russia in 2014 and once again in earnest in 2022. Guess which major transatlantic alliance it was not a part of? But like Georgia, Ukraine was increasingly orienting itself toward the E.U. and NATO at the time of both invasions.

We can deduce that being in the process of “NATO consideration,” whatever that means, is the very worst place to be if you’re a Russian neighbor.

If you’re a Russian-aligned state like Belarus, then you’re safe from an invasion, so long as you forsake any hope of Westernizing and democratizing, and you don’t mind hosting tens of thousands of your Slavic brothers-in-arms at any point with minimal or no warning from the Kremlin.

But if you’re *in* NATO, then you’re golden. Precisely zero NATO states have ever been invaded by the USSR or Russia since the alliance’s founding in 1949. Good record!

Other subtle benefits of being in NATO: (1) Immunity from a U.S. invasion (the U.S. has also invaded precisely zero NATO countries since the alliance was established — since the U.S. is known as a “warmongering state” and all, that’s a nice benefit); (2) Immunity from war with *other* NATO states.* Centuries of Anglo-French, and Franco-Germanic warring, not to mention Western European imperial bullying of smaller European countries? Poof! Gone!

(*That said, query whether Greece and Turkey — NATO members both — might one day come to blows over Cyprus at some point. But being NATO members has kept their historical tensions from boiling over into outright war. Again, a W for NATO.)

Conclusion: Being in NATO is and remains a fantastic deal, if you can actually get in. Just ask Sweden and Finland. Russia can cope and mald about it, or offer its neighbors a better deal.

You are actually delusional, and I don't say that to be horrible to you I really don't. But nothing you've said makes any sense and sounds like paranoia. Not just your latest tirade but your entire history of opinions. You may be a bit unwell from the sounds of it and by the fact you spend more time on here than I do (This ain't good for me either.) doesn't help.

The last 3 decades of Russian 'aggression' have been in defence of a persecuted minority (Georgia)
A counter terrorism operation to protect civilians and quell unrest (Chechnya)
And a denazification and demilitarisation operation (Ukraine)
Also reclaiming of territory that belongs to Russia (Crimea 2014)

>We can deduce that being in the process of “NATO consideration,” whatever that means, is the very worst place to be if you’re a Russian neighbor.

Joining NATO (An openly aggressive alliance towards the former USSR and Russia itself, founded and influenced by former nazis no less that were captured after Berlin was liberated.) is an open provocation against a neighbour that would not otherwise attack and always puts diplomacy first.

Belarus presents no threat to Russia and enjoys it's protection at no expense of it's own national forces.

>But if you’re *in* NATO, then you’re golden. Precisely zero NATO states have ever been invaded by the USSR or Russia since the alliance’s founding in 1949. Good record!

But... in the event of a war with Russia they'd still be nuked so there's no point joining and being at the behest of American provocations and used as added muscle during a conflict that otherwise would not concern you.

The US does not invade NATO countries? Well no shit, being a US proxy state it would make no sense for the US to attack it's own cannon fodder err I mean 'allies'

>(*That said, query whether Greece and Turkey — NATO members both — might one day come to blows over Cyprus at some point. But being NATO members has kept their historical tensions from boiling over into outright war. Again, a W for NATO.)

That's not a win for NATO as an alliance. That's a testament to European 1st world diplomacy regardless of NATO. You see here in the west we have plenty. We have healthcare (Unlike Americans, get that sorted btw), stable economies (Except Britain because we cozy up to the US economy too much) and an abundance of new tech and national defence. Places like Eastern Europe do not have these privileges (I say privileges I mean we earned it over centuries so thank you ancestors)

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/putin-may-be-about-to-force-belarus-into-war-after-mystery-markings-appear/ar-AA15hmdV?ocid=entnewsntp&cvid=e1e8d8f0403a46c1a664a45eb10b86e4