Something like yesterday or so General Secretary of NATO said membership for Ukraine was never proposed. So it's just empty posturing on the side of Zelensky.

[–] Sauerkraut@discuss.tchncs.de 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

"Empty posturing" is a very cynical and cruel way to frame it. What would you have Zelensky do instead? Quietly let Putin and Trump divide his country up?

[–] sommerset@thelemmy.club -1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

He should have never tried getting wmds in the first place.

[–] UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Ukraine never should have let go of their nukes.

[–] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmy.ml -1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Those weren't their nukes to begin with, they had no capability to maintain them nor to use them without the codes. Giving them up was not only the only option for them but also in retrospect best for the rest of the world since US could easily coup them twice.
Nice of you to wish nuclear armed banderites to the world. As a Pole i wouldn't be able to sleep at night. Not to mention those minorities in Ukraine that would be sleeping eternal sleep after banderites end with them.

[–] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Zelensky should have inquired about NATO guarantees before sending half his country into the meat grinder. The only guarantee NATO gives is a knife in the back. Ask the Kurds about it.

[–] Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Zelensky should have inquired about NATO guarantees before sending half his country into the meat grinder.

So, don’t defend your home from a foreign invader unless you’re allowed into NATO? This doesn’t make any sense.

[–] Sodium_nitride@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 10 months ago

Ukraine didn't take peace deals throughout the war because they thought the Europeans and Americans had their backs, and would let them into NATO for security in the future.

Now the Ukrainians have lost hundreds of thousands of people, huge tracts of land, and are about to be looted so hard it will make the looting of Russia after the dissolution of the USSR look like a cake walk.

The Ukrainians fought for a lie. Rule no. 1 of geopolitics. NEVER trust the Europeans or Americans. They will always backstab you.