Russia fought numerous wars with the West and lost tens (if not hundreds) of millions of lives. It's no wonder that after such a long history of devastating conflicts, which were almost always started by the Western powers, Russians and the Russian government (with the exception of the cosmopolitan liberals) don't trust the Western world, regard all Western politicians as scheming backstabbers and prepare for another war with the Western countries.
Considering that "The West" has only been a pseudo-unified entity for a very short space of time and we were fighting amongst each-other for most of our history I find it hard to believe that we really had all the time and effort to actually bother invading Russia and its satellites throughout history, permanently scarring your psyche. Really, there's not really much point to losing all that men unless you're a complete nutcase like Hitler or Napoleon. There were really only so many invasions of Russia when you compare it with the number of times France has been invaded. Maybe consider the entire nations have been swallowed up and destroyed on the European continent itself.
If we're going to justify the current tyranny that Russia faces by referring back to "historical precedent" surely you should be battening down all the hatches to prepare for Eastern conquest because the greatest historical enemies of Russia have always been the Far Eastern Empires. Remember, Britain may have competed with Russia over colonial/imperial matters during the Great Game and the USA threatened you with destruction but we've never physically brought Russia to its knees and subjugated it like the Mongols did. If I thought the same way you did I would probably be looking more at China than the USA or the indeterminate, ill-defined "West".
Really, it's a bit silly to completely disregard the changing of the times and use historical wars to justify this culture of fear cultivated by the Tsar and maintained by the politburo and the current oligarchy. You don't see me dragging out stories of all the problems Scotland has had with English aggression and territorial expansionism into our lands to justify the imposition of "managed democracy" on my people or the subjugation/exploitation of other nations in the name of "security".
The new Eastern Bloc built by horrible Russian imperialists that you've mentioned isn't an offensive bloc. It is a defensive bloc, created in preparation for the day when armies of the Western world will once again go on a crusade against Russia, like they did decades and centuries ago.
I'm sorry but that's just complete cobblers.
But regarding the new Eastern Bloc itself - it's an alliance of like-minded individuals (tyrants with oil stained hands) who never really wanted to break up the USSR in the first place. They're pretty much the same elite as they always were, just divided across national lines for a probably temporary period. It's got far less to do with protecting their people against the big bad West and more to do with greater economic integration to make the elite stronger and give them more control.
Ordinary Westerners might think that now they have nothing against Russia, and Russians are just paranoid, but when the interests of the West and Russia will clash and a new war will be inevitable,
A new war will not be inevitable if we integrate you into our power bloc or into our community as a whole. You will notice France and Germany are no longer at each-other's throats, these things do actually work.
the unbiased Western mass media will once again remind the ordinary Westerners that have nothing against Russia that those Russian barbarians threaten the free world and must be stopped.
Under no circumstances do I claim that the Western mass media is "unbiased". If you knew me you would understand just how personal that issue has become for me. Unfortunately though Russian and pseudo-Russian (or CIS, Union State, whatever you want to call it) mass media is under greater state influence/control than our media.
Ordinary Westerners that have nothing against Russia will believe it, and will go to Russia to bring the light of Western civilization to those savage lands, just like ordinary Germans that had nothing against Russia went to Russia in 1941 in order to do the same, or like ordinary Englishmen in 1853, or like ordinary Frenchmen in 1812...
If you were a genuine Socialist you would understand that that was a class issue. Ordinary men have been sent to die in wars the world over for the self interest of their elites, including countless men from Russia and whatever satellites have gravitated to it over the years. Rather, you should stop seeing things in national/ethnic/religious "collectives" where you take rather indiscriminate issue with the ordinary soldiers physically "carrying out" the invading and perhaps you should look more closely at the abominable elites that sent them there. The same sort of elite that sent at least 10,000 Russians to die in the Caucasus 10 years ago for their own selfish reasons; reasons they have covered up with lies and half-truths that they still use to justify their control over you even today.
And after the end of the war and after the deaths of another millions of Russians, Westerners will argue decades in the future that that the West have no interest in harming Russia or Russians, and all that anti-Western sentiment in Russia is stirred by an imperialist Russian dictator.
I can't imagine the trauma that Russia and its satellites/colonies have sustained during the Second World War but I know it is still very much alive in the minds and hearts of such people even today. You will always have my admiration and respect for your truly heroic struggle against the invaders but please understand that, like the people of Oceania in 1984, you are being exploited by an elite that only survive through cultivating the collective idea that you are under threat; be it from the West, from homosexuals, from Islamists or from Separatists; and that you require "strong leadership" to guide you innocent little lambs through this tough time.
Wise up, take control of your own destiny and try to never let yourselves be ruled by such terrible people ever again.
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