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Originally Posted by ET2SN
It isn't up to "the west" or the EU when it comes to which nations can join NATO. NATO is pro "democracy" in that its up to the population of a country to request that the country joins NATO (via the voting booth and popular sentiment) [...].
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As you said
"it is then up to the government to get its crap in order before it applies for membership", the Ukraine did nothing of the kind.
And when Ukraine requests a NATO membership who decides if they can join?
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NATO doesn't want to expand, NATO wants to keep the peace.
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Tell this to Russia. The only reason for NATO's existence was the soviet CCCP.
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Recall why NATO was founded (the destruction from WWI and WWII) in the first place.
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NATO was founded against the CCCP when the 'Allies' were not allies anymore, "against communist aggression and subversion", not much to do with WW1.
After WW2 soviet Russia proposed a unified neutral Germany as a precondition to remove its troops and end the occupation, but as we know the US were against it - whence East and West Germany until 1989. Not much here forget this.