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[–] Josey_Wales@lemm.ee 15 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Source for any of this? Would be interested to know more about these points.

[–] davel@lemmy.ml -2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

I don’t have sources on hand for the the first point, but I do for the second.

As for the first point, it’s been covered by the likes of John Mearsheimer, Jeffrey Sachs, Noam Chomsky, Michael Hudson, and Glenn Diesen. Some political figures have admitted as much, but unfortunately I don’t recall who off the top of my head.

[–] irish_link@lemmy.world 15 points 1 week ago (3 children)

That’s a lot of stuff about President Trump and the elections but nothing as far as I see about the bipartisan stance that Ukraine isn’t going to join NATO.

[–] Blursty@lemmygrad.ml 17 points 1 week ago (1 children)

You want some kind of evidence that the USA was never going to permit the Ukraine to join NATO? What would this look like?

They dangled this carrot to start their proxy war and once it got going immediately recanted.

Biden says it 'remains to be seen' whether Ukraine will be admitted to NATO

Biden 'looks forward' to Ukraine NATO membership, just not now

Russia has been consistent that NATO membership would be a declaration of war by the US/NATO, so it would mean the end of civilisation. It's an absurd idea. As much as Russia forming a military alliance with Cuba and Mexico.

[–] Edie@lemmy.ml 12 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Lemmy.world has defederated lemmygrad, so Irish_link can't see your comment.

[–] Grapho@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 week ago

Which is why it's the only one that isn't massively downvoted lmao. Libs ask for sources and downvote them to avoid reading.

[–] davel@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 week ago

The Hill yesterday: Zelensky: US ‘didn’t want us in NATO’ even before Trump

The comment you missed two days ago due to defederation: https://lemmygrad.ml/comment/5979621

You want some kind of evidence that the USA was never going to permit the Ukraine to join NATO? What would this look like?

They dangled this carrot to start their proxy war and once it got going immediately recanted.

Biden says it 'remains to be seen' whether Ukraine will be admitted to NATO

Biden 'looks forward' to Ukraine NATO membership, just not now

Russia has been consistent that NATO membership would be a declaration of war by the US/NATO, so it would mean the end of civilisation. It's an absurd idea. As much as Russia forming a military alliance with Cuba and Mexico.