(February 25, 2025 at 1:41 pm)Mister Agenda Wrote:Because there was no written legally binding agreement that NATO would deny sovereign states the right to seek protection from potential Russian aggression(February 22, 2025 at 2:09 am)Belacqua Wrote: In Russia, Gorbachev is considered to be a Chamberlain-like figure, who naively accepted false promises in exchange for "peace in our time."
He was promised that in exchange for the peaceful reunification of Germany, NATO would never expand even one inch to the east. This was promised by Helmut Kohl, James Baker, and Robert Gates.
However, as soon as the next President got into office the promise was broken.
So the Russians have learned that the US doesn't keep its promises.
Wouldn't that promise (can't find a formal agreement on that) have been made to the Soviet Union, not the Russian Federation?
"Change was inevitable"
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Nemo sicut deus debet esse!
“No matter what men think, abortion is a fact of life. Women have always had them; they always have and they always will. Are they going to have good ones or bad ones? Will the good ones be reserved for the rich, while the poor women go to quacks?”
–SHIRLEY CHISHOLM
