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<blockquote data-quote="vantexan" data-source="post: 5239914" data-attributes="member: 24302"><p>The Russians didn&#039;t reinforce their border with military installations.&nbsp; They invaded a sovereign nation because that nation wouldn&#039;t kowtow to them.&nbsp; The Russians have the biggest arsenal of nukes in the world.&nbsp; They don&#039;t have to worry about being invaded by anyone.&nbsp; They have the satellite technology to know if someone is launching an attack on them and they can retaliate before those missiles hit them.&nbsp; And whoever attacks them with ICBM&#039;s doesn&#039;t have to be right on the Russian border to do so.&nbsp; They could be on the other side of the planet.&nbsp; This whole argument about them being worried about NATO next door is silly.&nbsp; NATO is already next door in the Baltic States.&nbsp; Invading Ukraine is about Russian aggression which is why NATO was formed to begin with.&nbsp; And why all the Eastern European countries in the Warsaw Pact very quickly quickly got themselves into NATO after the Soviet Union fell apart.&nbsp; Not because they hope to invade Russia someday.&nbsp; They just want to be left alone and as Ukraine demonstrates if you don&#039;t have a huge military backing you up Russia won&#039;t leave you alone.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="vantexan, post: 5239914, member: 24302"] The Russians didn't reinforce their border with military installations. They invaded a sovereign nation because that nation wouldn't kowtow to them. The Russians have the biggest arsenal of nukes in the world. They don't have to worry about being invaded by anyone. They have the satellite technology to know if someone is launching an attack on them and they can retaliate before those missiles hit them. And whoever attacks them with ICBM's doesn't have to be right on the Russian border to do so. They could be on the other side of the planet. This whole argument about them being worried about NATO next door is silly. NATO is already next door in the Baltic States. Invading Ukraine is about Russian aggression which is why NATO was formed to begin with. And why all the Eastern European countries in the Warsaw Pact very quickly quickly got themselves into NATO after the Soviet Union fell apart. Not because they hope to invade Russia someday. They just want to be left alone and as Ukraine demonstrates if you don't have a huge military backing you up Russia won't leave you alone. [/QUOTE]

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