To be fair: "Debate within the American government as to whether enlargement of NATO was feasible or desirable began during the George H.W. Bush administration.

To be fair: "Debate within the American government as to whether enlargement of NATO was feasible or desirable began during the George H.W. Bush administration. By mid-1992, a consensus emerged within the administration that NATO enlargement was a wise realpolitik measure to strengthen Euro-American hegemony. [0] Meanwhile: "NATO Expansion: What Yeltsin Heard" [1] >It's not unreasonable to think the 1990 plan was to incorporate Russia into Europe Was it? See the New York Times 1992 article "Excerpts From Pentagon's Plan: 'Prevent the Re-Emergence of a New Rival'" [2]. "Our first objective is to prevent the re-emergence of a new rival, either on the territory of the former Soviet Union or elsewhere, that poses a threat on the order of that posed formerly by the Soviet Union. " [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enlargement_of_NATO#Visegr%C3%A1d_Group https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enlargement_of_NATO#Visegr%C3%... [1] https://nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-book/russia-programs/2018-03-16/nato-expansion-what-yeltsin-heard https://nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-book/russia-programs/2018... [2] https://www.nytimes.com/1992/03/08/world/excerpts-from-pentagon-s-plan-prevent-the-re-emergence-of-a-new-rival.html https://www.nytimes.com/1992/03/08/world/excerpts-from-penta...