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Originally Posted by cam_wmh
Pointman, how is this western "Threat" actually perceived by the average Russian?
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We believe it's real threat. The whole point of creating NATO was to keep Russia on check. The whole point of accepting eastern European countries was to get to Russian borders, so to be able to keep Russia in check even tighter. I don't buy that NATO is purely defensive because offense is best defense. NATO has a history of doing things as they see fit, rather than according to law. USA has a history of interfering into other nations, such as Iraq bombing. Or operation Condor. We sure are afraid of a country that can declare that we have weapons of mass destruction and bomb us out, if they so wish. Do I believe that US/NATO wanted to shoot at us? No. But I do believe they want to keep us at the gunpoint
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legi...20Organisation.