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Mikhail Gorbachev has died

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970 points homarp | 1 comments | 30 Aug 22 20:37 UTC | HN request time: 0.212s | source
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brnt ◴[30 Aug 22 20:51 UTC] No.32654886[source]▶
Note that in Russian doctrine as tought in universities, the Cold War never ended.
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DoneWithAllThat ◴[30 Aug 22 21:03 UTC] No.32655034[source]▶
This seems like needless pedantry at least for a conversation outside of school. The USSR (with whom the Cold War was being fought) was dissolved and Germany was reunified. For all intents and purposes it did end, just a new conflict (now with Russia) began.
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pastacacioepepe ◴[30 Aug 22 22:32 UTC] No.32655999[source]▶
If the cold war did end, why didn't NATO dissolve as well? It was born exactly to contain the USSR! Instead NATO kept expanding east...
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wiseowise ◴[31 Aug 22 06:14 UTC] No.32658994[source]▶
> Instead NATO kept expanding east...

You mean Eastern countries wanted to join NATO.

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pastacacioepepe ◴[31 Aug 22 08:34 UTC] No.32659784[source]▶
Not how it works. NATO is invite only.
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1. ptr ◴[31 Aug 22 09:35 UTC] No.32660114[source]▶
Sweden and Finland asked to join NATO as a response to the Russian aggression. NATO then invited Sweden and Finland.