Originally Posted by chunkstyle
“ A senior Biden administration official recently admitted that prior to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the United States made no effort to address one of Vladimir Putin’s most often stated top security concerns — the possibility of Ukraine’s membership into NATO. ”

US refused to address Ukraine and NATO before Russian invasion

Well yeah… anyone paying attention saw this unfolding in real time. Hence the start of the thread
So, blaming the victim?

You never change things by fighting the existing reality.
To change something, build a new model that makes the old model obsolete.
R. Buckminster Fuller