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Originally Posted by karl262
Should Russia feel threatened if Ukraine, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia and Finland joined NATO? Not one bit unless they truely believe NATO is planning a preemptive invasion, which is insane. If those countries wish to seek the security of NATO as sovereign nations then its fairly indicative of Russian expansionist policy.
The alliances pre WW1 were a tangled and complicated mess that made war an eventuality.
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It doesn't matter if they should feel threatened; it matters because a NATO alliance with those countries means that if Russia DOES decide to get handsy with their neighbours, we're now in a position where we have to go to war over it.
At least without formal entry into NATO, we aren't automatically bound by law and honour to get into a conflict with a nuclear superpower.