He and I already gave context upthread, but here it is again.
NATO Expansion: What Gorbachev Heard: U.S. Secretary of State James Baker’s famous “not one inch eastward” assurance about NATO expansion in his meeting with Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev on February 9, 1990, was part of a cascade of assurances about Soviet security given by Western leaders to Gorbachev and other Soviet officials throughout the process of German unification in 1990 and on into 1991, according to declassified U.S., Soviet, German, British and French documents posted today by the National Security Archive at George Washington University.
Robert Parry, 2015: The Ukraine Mess That Nuland MadeAssistant Secretary of State Victoria Nuland engineered Ukraine’s regime change without weighing the likely consequences.
Because Russia just invaded out of nowhere, right?
Yes that is indeed what happened.
Jeffrey Sachs: The War in Ukraine Was Provoked—and Why That Matters to Achieve Peace
Etcetera.
Well you’re just stupid then
I might be, but lets put that to the side, why did russia invade ukraine?
NATO expansion
Which is not real. I am saddened you choose to believe in it.
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(via this article https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enlargement_of_NATO …which will presumably amaze you)
Posting maps and call it a day. Classic. Any kind of context is for nerds I guess?
Please dear, don’t do that. It makes you look so painfully misinformed.
Your comment I replied to also doesn’t say anything about the context of the expansion, it just says it “is not real”.
But if you want some context, I encourage you to watch the 20min video i posted earlier in this thread.
He and I already gave context upthread, but here it is again.
If you’re actually curious and have 20 minutes, try this video: Ukraine: The Avoidable War
Demonstrate a good faith attempt to answer the question yourself. It’s been two years.
You’re the one that asked the question, “Because Russia just invaded out of nowhere, right?” It’s clearly your turn to answer here.
I wasn’t signing a contract to provide a service. I was mocking you for being oblivious/dishonest.