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Originally posted by dirtygecko: ↑

US gov’t knew NATO expansion to Ukraine would force Russia to intervene

Former US Ambassador to Russia William J. Burns, who is now CIA director, admitted in a classified 2008 embassy cable that NATO expansion to Ukraine crosses Moscow’s security “redlines” and “could potentially split the country in two, leading to violence or even, some claim, civil war, which would force Russia to decide whether to intervene.”

Senior US government officials knew as far back as 2008 that the possibility of adding Ukraine to NATO was seen as a serious “military threat” by Russia, one that crosses Moscow’s security “redlines” and could force it to intervene.
Yet Western leaders continued insisting that Ukraine would join the US-led military alliance, right up until Russia did indeed intervene in February 2022.
At the annual NATO summit back in 2008, the George W. Bush administration publicly called for adding Russia’s neighbors Ukraine and Georgia to the military alliance. NATO’s secretary-general declared that the two countries would eventually become members.
But privately, US diplomats knew that this move would be seen as an existential threat by Moscow, and could provoke Russian military intervention in Ukraine.
The former US ambassador to Russia, William J. Burns, who is now director of the CIA,warned in a February 2008 embassy cablethat Ukraine constituted a security “redline” for Moscow.
https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2022/02/27/us-nato-expansion-ukraine-russia-intervene/

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How stupid would you have to be not to realise that.
They knew it. Wanted to make Russia be the bad guy.
just imagine if Mexico wanted to join Russia's, military alliance.
The B-52's would be flying many sorties a day and flatten Mexico.
America would never in fit, put up with Mexico being with Russia.
Clear as crystal who the instigators of this conflict are.

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