If it is aligned to some interests, then it is against some other interests. That is where the conflict starts.
So? Again, if Russia doesn't like it, Russia can swivel. You can't justify an invasion because a sovereign country chooses to ally itself with people not aligned with your interests. You know what else isn't in a nation's interests?
Declaring war on its neighbours purely for the sake of imperialist land grabs and political clout.
They might not have leaned so heavily towards the western interests and thereby may have avoided war.
Ukraine is a free state. It has a the right of association to any organisation, trade agreements and unions it so desires. Russia doesn't get to threaten violence if it doesn't like what Ukraine chooses. And, to use your logic:
Maybe there is a reason Ukraine wanted to enter a DEFENSIVE PACT with other nations aligned against Russia - especially considering the DECADES-LONG history of Russia interfering directly in their elections, funding separatist groups and enciting violence against the Ukrainian people.
Seriously, your logic here is completely one-sided. When Russia engages in a war with its neighbours it's all "Well, maybe they had their reasons", but when Ukraine wants to enter into a defensive pact with other countries it's "Well, they just ASKING for war!"
Did it ever occur to you that maybe you haven't the first clue about this situation, and that maybe you're just being a contrarian for the sake of it? I recommend you read up on Ukraine's history with Russia, and maybe then you will understand why exactly Ukraine felt it necessary to reach out to NATO in the first place -
as if the fact that Russia are currently engaged in INVADING UKRAINE didn't make this obvious enough.
NATO is certainly the villain since they started incorporating CIS countries in their ranks.
I'm sorry, but this is absolutely disgusting logic.
How is NATO the villain because countries neighbouring Russia wanted to join them? This is like watching someone getting beaten by their husband, and when they call the police who come to stop it you call the police villains for preventing the husband from freely beating their partner. Your logic is identical. NATO prevents Russian interfering with its neighbours, and Russia doesn't like this and may threaten further violence, so therefore NATO is bad.
Maybe Russia should stop beating it's neighbours. Maybe, just maybe, Russia is the villain here.
This is utterly repellent. Countries have a right to join whatever organisation they wish if it is in their interest and it is their will to do so. It is just and correct that a country should not be allowed to bully their neighbours out of whatever agreements they wish to make via threat or use of force.
USA is neither wholly black nor wholly white, it is salt and pepper, as are all other countries. They are strategic partners to us.
Obviously. You need not explain to me that the US engages in geopolitics.
