Russia can cry about their red line all they want, but it wasn't in the treaty. The Revolutions of 1989 made it clear Eastern Europeans weren't interested in Russian control, the Balkans were unstable, and the Chechen & Georgian wars stoked fear in the former Soviet states. All NATO had to do was open their doors, and again, nothing in the treaty forbade it.

[–] 420blazeit69@hexbear.net 29 points 1 year ago (1 children)

nothing in the treaty forbade it.

"I'm not legally prohibited from doing this" is rarely a good argument

[–] SwampYankee@mander.xyz 0 points 1 year ago

I'm not sure there are any good arguments in geopolitics.

[–] PandaBearGreen@hexbear.net 22 points 1 year ago

1989 Revolutions? Wholesale dismemberment of the USSR more like. And treaty didn't say it. The Russians sure as fuck did.