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Originally Posted by Pointman
There's no wonder why Ukraine and other Russian neighbors want to join NATO. The real question is why NATO wants to accept them. If a country of Ukraine economy, army and demographics would not be located on Russian border, would NATO accept it? What value do Baltic states add to NATO except for being right next to St.Petersburg? Does Turkey really brings any good to NATO except for its position to threat Russia from the south, while the other countries only threat from the west?
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They're accepted because that is the only way a democracy can survive within their borders. Without NATO, Baltic countries become vassal states to Russia with dictatorships, repression, rigged elections, and corruption.