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Please read bout NATO expansion and the end of its non-aggression stance since the 90s.
by TeeMassive 4y ago
Please read bout NATO expansion and the end of its non-aggression stance since the 90s.
- dane-pgp 4y agoPlease read about Soviet expansion, and the existence of sovereign nations freed from Russian control since the 90s.
- TeeMassive 4y agoThe US promised Russia not to take in former Soviet Republics if they dissolved. Then they did, breaking the promise (as was confirmed by a prank call made to Bush BTW and other documents before that). I get it why the wanted to join, but let's not ignore the geopolitical realities here.
- mrguyorama 4y ago>The US promised Russia not to take in former Soviet Republics if they dissolved Provide any evidence of that, at all
- layer8 4y agoIt’s clear that such assurances were made repeatedly, though not legally binding, by representatives of NATO countries, including the US. See for example: https://www.spiegel.de/international/world/nato-s-eastward-expansion-is-vladimir-putin-right-a-bf318d2c-7aeb-4b59-8d5f-1d8c94e1964d https://www.spiegel.de/international/world/nato-s-eastward-e...
- dane-pgp 4y ago> In particular, [Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov] focused on the Charter for European Security, rooted in agreements reached in 1990. East and West had concurred at the time that every country has a right to freely choose the alliance it wished to be part of Only in the minds of the most fevered Kremlin apologists is that a promise by NATO not to let other nations join.
- layer8 4y agoYou’re cherry-picking quotes. Also, I’d like to stress that the fact that those assurances were made, and later not adhered to, in absolutely no way excuses Russia’s invasion of the Ukraine, or their previous annexation of the Crimea.
- bryanlarsen 4y agoThat was never a promise, it was a proposal.