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To: RMF who wrote (841574)	3/10/2015 1:42:16 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1572808

Yeah, I remember about the Estonian... I think the Russians were saying, "Listen, NATO talks a lot but we are right next door and we have 'long arms', so don't expect NATO to go to war for you regardless of what we do". Several people have always said it was dumb of NATO to continue squeezing Russia by signing every country up right to the Russian border. I know it's absurd, but when you think about it, it would be like Russia making a pact with Mexico and Canada. The U.S. would NOT accept that, just like it didn't accept the arming of Cuba by Russia. From the Russian POV the U.S. and NATO have done to Russia exactly what Russia had previously done to the U.S. regarding Cuba. It's a matter of perspective. Uh, really.......that's your perspective. There is another perspective; one that says the Soviet Union illegally occupied eastern Europe for 45 years. And yet you and whomever you are referring to up above can only see the Russian perspective. Why can't you see Poland's or Estonia's or Latvia's or Romania's perspective? They fear Russia........and for good reason. They don't want to be annexed again. That's why they joined NATO. Its why NATO was formed in the first place, Its not Europe that can't be trusted; its Russia who is the dangerous bear.