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Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction
In a roundabout way, it was an attack on NATO. A few of the demands Russia had to avoid war were things that only NATO could decide on and were beyond Ukraine's control. Russia wanted NATO to remove itself from post-Soviet countries and promise no further expansion. Even though the war is physically in Ukraine, the ideological component is an attack on NATOs right to decide their path.
Still, I don't think you can risk a nuclear war over it. It is a very tricky situation to be sure.
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Bad take.
NATO is a defence treaty, not a declaration of entitlement.