> was verbally promised Who cares. Eastern European countries are sovereign and can do as they please if they consider it to be in their national interest. >

> was verbally promised Who cares. Eastern European countries are sovereign and can do as they please if they consider it to be in their national interest. > This does not create trust. It goes both way. Trusting dictators under any circumstances is an exceptionally idiotic thing to do. Also it might be hard to grasp however politicians in in charge to change every few years and beholding them to some “verbal promises” made by their predecessor is absurd.