Do you get the impression that the NATO countries don't really want Ukraine to join NATO, and that's why they aren't coming to defend it?

It looks to me like Europe has already calculated that a buffer state is a good thing to prevent Russian and NATO forces rubbing shoulders. It'd be like South Korea suddenly deciding they want troops in the demilitarised zone, it's just strategically boneheaded

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Northwest · M

The Ukraine is not part of NATO, so NATO is not coming to its defense. Further, it does not seem as if the Ukraine was interested in joining NATO. The leader is someone who was taking the country into an open, non-allied direction, but for some reason Putin decided he needs to go, on grounds of being a Nazi, despite the fact that he's Jewish and the grandson of Holocaust survivors.

Graylight · 51-55, F

@Northwest NATO is doing everything it can to help Ukraine, which is actively in the process of joining. Putin is not a Nazi, nor does he share that ideology.

Briggett · T

@Graylight You’re right he’s not nazi! He’s a perfect example of a modern time gangster and a thug!
I’ll just take what I want and as much as I want and you are going like it or not.

Northwest · M

@Graylight I didn't say Putin is a Nazi.

Northwest · M

@Briggett To me, Putin seems more like a modern day Stalin.

Briggett · T

@Northwest he reminds of the chumps I had to deal with with in my young days.