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Originally Posted by Pierre
Well I was referring to how the US reacted to an opposing military power stationing itself on your doorstep. Which is what NATO is doing if they accept Ukraine and I can full appreciate Russia’s concern.
Also Ukraine’s history with Russia is not like other communist countries Russia added to the CCCP post war. Many Russians considered Ukraine part of Russia, and many Ukrainians consider themselves Russian. It’s not like a hostile invasion, if it were to happen, a decent % of the populace may welcome it.
In regards to US concessions regarding Cuba, apart from removing their nuclear weapons from Turkey, and not invading Cuba, I’m not aware of any others made by the US
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The US also withdrew its nuclear weapons from Italy as part of the Cuban deal.
Ukraine is not proposing to join NATO so it's not a comparable situation.
It would be a hostile invasion. There's a million people in England who consider themselves French but that doesn't legitimise an invasion of England by France nor make it non-hostile.