Fmr. U.S. amb. to Russia and the U.N. Thomas Pickering warned the Clinton White House against considering Ukraine for NATO membership. “I never heard back from the cable,” he tells @mehdirhasan. “It was an important cable.”

Mar 30, 2022 · 12:09 AM UTC

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Replying to @MehdiHasanShow @mehdirhasan
Russian leaders were only pissed at the idea of Ukraine joining NATO, because they believed they 'owned' Ukraine and that Ukrainians aren't 'real'. That is NOT a legitimate 'security concern' that should be heeded or respected.
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Replying to @MehdiHasanShow @mehdirhasan
Why are you debating the sincerity of Russian security concerns in the face of a mountain of evidence of insincerity and duplicitousness?
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Replying to @MehdiHasanShow @meNabster @mehdirhasan
The US has NO interest in a Unwindable War with either Russia or China
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Replying to @MehdiHasanShow @mehdirhasan
Ukraine was a piece of land that Russia wanted since the fall of the USSR and the hostility from the Russian side started 100s of years prior to that point. it was never about NATO. it's hard to comprehend how the westerners are still pondering over this really simple question.
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Replying to @MehdiHasanShow @meNabster @mehdirhasan
US and NATO have fucked around in UKraine since 2014 .. they have aligned themselves with Ukrainian Nazis and NOW claim that they’re interested in Democracy In UKraine Assholes Ukrainians for a Slaughter !
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Replying to @MehdiHasanShow @mehdirhasan
The Clinton white house never offered NATO membership to Ukraine...