All conversations ended in 2008. NATO membership for Ukraine was never on the table and the Russians knew it. In winter 2022, Putin repeatedly ignored attempts by the west to reassure him Ukr isn’t getting in. Mearsheimer’s name will live in infamy for eternity for coming up w this bs.
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Aaron Rupar
Witkoff: "The war didn't need to happen. It was provoked. It doesn't necessarily mean it was provoked by the Russians. There were all kinds of conversations back then about Ukraine joining NATO. That didn't need to happen. It basically became a threat to the Russians."
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Koch-funded analyst raises doubts about Russian attacks on Ukrainian civilians Judd Legum Apr 18, 2022
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And the west divides itself on any day that ends in y.
At the 2021 Brussels Summit, the issue of Ukraine being granted a Membership Action Plan (MAP) was revisited
The world is witnessing this defining moment in history. EU & NATO have choices. They chose to keep Ukr out. They chose to appease a terrorist. And now they realize, the snake is around their own necks. There are choices.