by Paphitis » Sat Jan 22, 2022 3:09 pm
The question here is whether Ukraine, as an independent and free nation, has the right to join the EU and NATO if they wish to do so.
I believe they do.
So, in my opinion, the law favours Ukraine, not Russia which has no leg to stand on under international law. I can understand they have a security concern. But the same can be said of Lithuania and Latvia, and probably many more eastern Europan countries who are NATO members today.
Most of Europe is a member of NATO now. All the former eastern Block has joined NATO, including Hungary, Poland, Montenegro, Albania, Bulgaria, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Estonia, Czechia and so on. It seems the entire world is voting with their feet, abandoning Russia in droves for NATO. That must be saying something.
It appears that everyone wants to be friends with the criminal US and UK.
The Cuban Missile Crisis can't be a comparison, because the Soviets were placing Nuclear weapons in Cuba, not just Air defence Systems.
If Ukraine joins NATO, then the modus operanti is to station Patriot Missiles and other similar Air defence infrastructure which pose no threat to Russia at all.
Oh and in addition, the Ruissians dropped about 10 times more ordnance on Syria than the Americans who were just targetting some ISIS goat shaggers in the desert.