cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/26476469
The corporate media says Putin wants to take over the world, and Trump says Zelenskyy somehow managed to trick the US into supporting him — but the reality is that NATO’s long-term strategy of expansion towards Russia’s borders made war inevitable.
The only REAL path towards peace is the abolition of NATO!
Bullshit take! Basically you say the only way to not get beat up by the bully is to give him your lunch money.
In your reasoning where is the part that gives Russia the right to invade another nation?
You say you can just go: " has a strong influence on these states? That's unacceptable, I should have influence on these states, I should take them by force" and do whatever you want like it's not your fault, you were forced to do so.
It's true that Trump says the US was tricked into helping Ukraine because he's full oc shit. Maybe with him the war wouldn't have happened but just because he would have given his buddy Putin the lunch money, not because he's a diplomatic genius. Anyway all of this doesn't matter, he wasn't in office when the war started, and whatever he says has nothing to do with how the war started and how it went, he has been president for a month, he has yet to have any influence over the war and whatever piece of news tells you anything is "because of Trump" or "despite what trump did/say" is trying to manipulate you.
If NATO were abolished, Putin would not stop his attack, he would just complete the takeover of Ukraine, and because it went so well he would just go on and takeover the rest of the ex Urss. And keep in mind that these countries are so keen on being part of Russia that they joined NATO.
I would give up my lunch money if it meant not getting into a brawl.
If the mafia shakes you down every week, you dont snitch to the cops, because the cops can only make more violence. Its the same principle here. You won't get out of this situation with more war.
War is shit for people who live through it. Nato is only good for making war. On dearming can stop war.