If Hitler had kept his word, the USSR would have stayed his partner.
The Great Patriotic War was a forced reaction, not a crusade for human rights.
You cannot claim the moral high ground on Nazism when your original plan was to help them rule Europe
Good morning. I’m asking my usual question: Why didn’t the Palestinians establish a state between 1948 and 1967, while they were under Jordanian and Egyptian rule?
Is it possible that their goal isn't necessarily having their own state, but rather ensuring the Jews don't have one?
Eventually, russia will be forced from Ukraine, and the war will be over, leaving Ukraine with one of the strongest and most experienced militaries in the world and a clear memory of who was there for them, and who wasn't.
I'm so tired of the debate on whether Israel's founding was legitimate or if Jews have a right to the land.
This isn't 1948. Israel has existed for 78 years as a sovereign state.
That debate has concluded.
And if you ask me, the Jews have done a pretty damn good job at running that state and have contributed significantly to the world in a variety of fields, unlike all of their enemies.
The world is better with Israel in it.
1. The “golden window” fantasy.
Russia wasn’t rejected. It was invited in. IMF money, World Bank money, G8 membership, NATO-Russia Founding Act in 1997, NATO-Russia Council in 2002. That’s not isolation, that’s integration.
If the window closed, it closed when the Kremlin chose imperial revanchism over democracy. Not because McCain hurt their feelings.
2. The “not one inch eastward” lie.
That quote was about NATO troops in East Germany in 1990. Not future membership for Poland, the Baltics, or anyone else.
There is no treaty banning NATO expansion. None. The Two Plus Four Treaty says nothing about it. Even Gorbachev later admitted expansion beyond Germany was never formally agreed or prohibited.
This myth survives because it’s useful propaganda.
3. The “encirclement” bullshit.
Poland, Hungary, Czech Republic, the Baltics joined NATO because they remember Soviet tanks. They applied. They voted. They chose it.
Calling that encirclement means you think Moscow owns Eastern Europe. That’s imperial brain rot.
4. Ukraine and the red line drama.
Ukraine wasn’t in NATO in 2008. It wasn’t in NATO in 2014. It was neutral in early 2014 when Russia annexed Crimea.
Moscow invaded a non-NATO country because it could.
5. Sino-Russian axis.
China aligns with Russia because both are authoritarian powers who hate Western dominance. Cheap gas and shared interests, not McCain speeches, built that relationship.
Blaming NATO enlargement for Beijing’s rise is geopolitical illiteracy.
6. The actual aggressor.
NATO expansion happened through votes and treaties.
Russia redraws borders with violence.
That’s the whole story. Strip away the emotional whining and what’s left is simple: sovereign countries chose protection, and the Kremlin chose war.
🇪🇪 Estonian intelligence's top Russia analyst Andres Vosman warns that Moscow obsessively monitors its society, dreads fallout from returning war veterans, and faces economic stagnation and dependence on China—making Russia unstable and unpredictable. https://t.co/GUalskMfks
Easy. Russia was the invader while Israel was the invaded. Russia broke a peace to start a war. Israel defended itself against militant fanatics that broke the peace to attack & kill civilians in neighborhoods & a concert.
Congrats to Estonians on their long & hard journey to independence & freedom. Estonia today is one of the freest w/one of the most competitive tax codes in the world. It also punches way above its weight in NATO. Estonians know firsthand the terrors of Russian domination.
It’s called the russian invasion of Ukraine, not a "mess in Ukraine." Thank you.
You dont "clean it" by pressuring the victim to surrender, you must pressure the aggressor to stop.