They were being surrounded by military bases and missiles placed overtly within ranges that would greatly increase the chances/effect of a preemptive strike.
Can you point to where these "bases" were, and where these missiles were being "overtly placed"?
Of course you can't, because absolutely nothing of the sort was happening. Western nukes haven't budged from their placements in the 1980s. No new bases were being built that affected first-strike capability in any way. The West was never going to attack or blackmail Russia, and not even its own regime believes it was ever going to.
There's simply no truth in the statement you just mindlessly parroted. It's just a soundbite that somebody came up with, to mess with your head.
Can you point to where these "bases" were, and where these missiles were being "overtly placed"?
Of course you can't, because absolutely nothing of the sort was happening. Western nukes haven't budged from their placements in the 1980s. No new bases were being built that affected first-strike capability in any way. The West was never going to attack or blackmail Russia, and not even its own regime believes it was ever going to.
There's simply no truth in the statement you just mindlessly parroted. It's just a soundbite that somebody came up with, to mess with your head.