LogFAQs > #928718397

Because NATO only exists as a shield against the USSR/Russia.

As long as there's a perceived threat from Russian interests in the European sphere, NATO will continue to try and wall Russia in. And Russia will continue to try and fuck over European interests in response.

The thing most Americans and Westerners in general don't really think about is that global politics tend to look very different from the perception of countries like Russia and China. It's part of why those nations tend to dismiss claims of human rights issues out of hand - because they see them as the West trying to sabotage their interests by assuming a false moral high ground (and all too often, that's exactly what they are).

It's also why there's going to be continued conflict over areas like the Arctic and the South China sea, and why you're going to keep seeing things like Russia trying to run gas pipelines into Europe (which gives them political leverage) while China keeps trying to increase their economic ties to Africa and the Middle East.
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