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Old 02-07-2015, 05:04 PM  
crockett
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Originally Posted by aka123 View Post
The huffing and puffing makes countries wonder a little bit, why should they voluntarily join to that band.

Nato has expanded through democracy and voluntarily joining, Russia has track record of doing the opposite. So, when people think to which one they will join (if to any), I don't think that Russia is the first choice they will be thinking.
This is the point I was making.. Russia has never understood the power of the West. The West doesn't need to take over European countries by force, because the West offers a much better product than old world Russia can offer.
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