You don't agree even after reference to this? https://nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-book/russia-programs/2017-12-12/nato-expansion-what-gorbachev-heard-western-le

You don't agree even after reference to this? https://nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-book/russia-programs/2017-12-12/nato-expansion-what-gorbachev-heard-western-leaders-early https://nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-book/russia-programs/2017... "Declassified documents show security assurances against NATO expansion to Soviet leaders from Baker, Bush, Genscher, Kohl, Gates, Mitterrand, Thatcher, Hurd, Major, and Woerner" It is of course entirely believable that Russia has territorial ambitions regardless of its expressed and, to date, thwarted desire for a neutral buffer zone. However it seems to me that analogously, America would indeed have issues with Mexico were it to intimately chum up with Russia or China. Understanding that, in the case of Russia, is not being pro-Russian.