Quote Originally Posted by TSANHO View Post
Putins no saint, clearly, as aren’t the people pulling the stings behind US and UK foreign policy, but I do feel there is significant truth in what Putin said about NATO no expanding eastwards towards Russia. If it was the opposite situation we would see that as an act of aggression.

Robert Kennedy spoke about this months ago, long before Putins interview. We always talk about propaganda from other countries, our propaganda is much more subtle and effective…but it’s still propaganda.
What exactly is the serious truth? He has increased his land border with NATO because of his invasion. He has pulled soldiers away from the NATO border because of the invasion. It's not about NATO.

It's true that he's against NATO in that part of the world because he can't invade them once they're in, amongst other reasons. It's not a surprise that they want to join.

Most European countries have moved on from their imperial ambitions. France fought for Algeria but let it go. We fought for Ireland but let it go. Portugal let their African colonies go decades ago.