Not a single one of the Warsaw Pact countries wanted to be in it (except Russia, maybe Cuba - no idea). As soon as Russia’s occupation of half of Europe was ove

Not a single one of the Warsaw Pact countries wanted to be in it (except Russia, maybe Cuba - no idea). As soon as Russia’s occupation of half of Europe was over, all these countries couldn’t run away from Russia and WP fast enough, and joined NATO. So it wasn’t independent peoples joining a defensive pact, but Russia dislocating its arms onto stolen territory. Only exceptions are Belarus, which effectively remains under Russian thumb, and Ukraine which didn’t make it (and had, now dead, significant pro Russian sentiment).