Eastern European countries were generally much more eager to join NATO than US was to accept them. I'm not sure why are you trying to deny their right to sovere

Eastern European countries were generally much more eager to join NATO than US was to accept them. I'm not sure why are you trying to deny their right to sovereignty? > Putin, like UBL before him, is not comfortable with The West "encroaching on his area Well it's not his area. Is India or Kenya etc. Britains "area"? No? > . At the end of the day, it takes two (or more) to tango Or several dozen. Of course you unless you believe that there are no independent states in eastern Europe.