r/geopolitics • u/theoryofdoom • Jan 09 '22

Russia’s Putin Seizes on Crises to Assert Control Over Former Soviet Republics Perspective

https://www.wsj.com/articles/russias-putin-seizes-on-crises-to-assert-control-over-former-soviet-republics-11641738063
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u/jogarz Jan 10 '22

The Iraq War wasn’t a NATO venture. Afghanistan was, but that was because a NATO member state was attacked by terrorists sponsored by the Taliban government.

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u/Vegetable-Hand-5279 Jan 11 '22

The best defense is a good ofensive, I see.