• lemonySplit@lemmy.ca
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    6 days ago

    Because the invasion of Ukraine proved that security guarantees by the US mean jack shit. They gave up their nukes on the promise of security by the States, look where that landed them.

    • masterspace@lemmy.ca
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      6 days ago

      I mean, I get it, but there’s also a not insignificant difference for American interests between letting Russia attack a former Soviet country on the other side of the world, and letting Russia attack a country that sits between America and a different part of America.

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        4 days ago

        It would also be a deterrent against other countries besides Russia. Like for example a country that’s lead by a guy with dementia that has already used military force in inappropriate ways and has expressed in interest in making Canada part of his country.