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Originally Posted by 1andrew1

So, Israel doesn't feel safe with Hamas on its doorstep so attacks attacks the state with Hamas in it, Gaza. That bit I get.

Russia doesn't feel safe with NATO on its doorstep in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. So it attacks a country without NATO in it, Ukraine.

Make this make sense.

If the axiom is about feeling safe as a country, then your hypothesis on Russia seems to me to be flawed.

Russia doesn't feel unsafe at all - at least not in the sense of what Hams/Hezbollah have done to Israel.

Russia's beef is most likely to be geopolitical. They've got Crimea and want as much control over the Black Sea as possible plus the mineral rich Donbas. And so what if Ukraine did join NATO? NATO would push the button? Russia wouldn't as it would be counterproductive.