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0 sats \ 15 replies \ @kristapsk 17 Apr 2024 \ parent \ on: "Should Congress Stop Funding the War in Ukraine?" Yes! econ
What's your definition of the "West"? They invaded Poland, Finland and Baltics in 1939 and 1940. They took over East and Central Europe countries after WWII. Etc. And idea about empire from Vladivostok to Lisbon is kinda popular among Russian population (I mean it's not something only underground extremists talk about, you can hear such ideas on national TV).
West is the original NATO members.
New members after 1991 are not Western Europe and USA
New members that were former Warsaw Pact members are not considered West.
Baltic countries are not the West.
Ukraine cannot win because they lack manpower.
USA cannot give blank check to Ukraine
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These countries were part of Western European cultural sphere for centuries, before Warsaw Pact come into existence. Riga, for example, was one of the main cities of Hanseatic League in Medieval Europe, Poland-Lithuania saved Europe from takeover by Ottomans, etc.
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Anything east of the iron curtain is not Western Europe
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That's less than 100 years old definition of what is West. Geographically centre of Europe is in Baltics.
West as a culture started with Roman Empire, not Soviet Union.