Russian apologist need to read this

you RT.ru are full of crap as usual
^^ right on queue…


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This is very true, but. . . even the western media, before the war broke out, pointed out, that the AZOV battalion, were, literal fascists.

Yes, and?

We had an active Fascist movement in the US in the 1930s. As well as the UK. And we still have such groups in the US even today. Does that make the US a "Nazi country"? President Trump had such groups endorsing him as President, does that make him a Nazi?

David Duke was a Democrat, then a Republican, then a Democrat again before being a Republican again. He also belonged to the Ross Perot "Reform Party". Does that make those parties "Nazi Parties"?

There will always be "Nazis" in almost any government, political party, and country. However, rational people know that in the modern era, they are always going to be fringe individuals. That will support anybody or any movement that they think gets them attention. They are low-life trash that thrives on attention, and will latch onto anything that gets them that attention.

Just like those "Moron Label" inbreeds that I have been mocking in here for years.

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Yet another neo-fascist movement, that tries to disguise themselves as "mainstream", and getting support it really does not deserve. And for those that do not look into it, they do have a message that appeals to many. However, most who actually look into them critically I think react like me. Pinching their noses closed and turning away from them.

Azov is not part of the Ukraine military. It is a bunch of idiots who saw that they were in a desperate position, and volunteered themselves to fight. Yes, they are a Neo-Nazi group. And myself, I find it hilarious that since they have placed themselves voluntarily to defend Ukraine, they are now supporting and defending a Jewish President. I actually find a delicious irony in that, and quite often chuckle as they inbred morons themselves likely can't even figure out how stupid that makes them.
 
Yes, and?

We had an active Fascist movement in the US in the 1930s. As well as the UK. And we still have such groups in the US even today. Does that make the US a "Nazi country"? President Trump had such groups endorsing him as President, does that make him a Nazi?

David Duke was a Democrat, then a Republican, then a Democrat again before being a Republican again. He also belonged to the Ross Perot "Reform Party". Does that make those parties "Nazi Parties"?

There will always be "Nazis" in almost any government, political party, and country. However, rational people know that in the modern era, they are always going to be fringe individuals. That will support anybody or any movement that they think gets them attention. They are low-life trash that thrives on attention, and will latch onto anything that gets them that attention.

Just like those "Moron Label" inbreeds that I have been mocking in here for years.

st,small,507x507-pad,600x600,f8f8f8.jpg


2f8uos.jpg


Yet another neo-fascist movement, that tries to disguise themselves as "mainstream", and getting support it really does not deserve. And for those that do not look into it, they do have a message that appeals to many. However, most who actually look into them critically I think react like me. Pinching their noses closed and turning away from them.

Azov is not part of the Ukraine military. It is a bunch of idiots who saw that they were in a desperate position, and volunteered themselves to fight. Yes, they are a Neo-Nazi group. And myself, I find it hilarious that since they have placed themselves voluntarily to defend Ukraine, they are now supporting and defending a Jewish President. I actually find a delicious irony in that, and quite often chuckle as they inbred morons themselves likely can't even figure out how stupid that makes them.
All true.


But the point here? We promised Gorbechev we would not expand NATO. But we have. We purposely used the CIA to use these Neo-Nazis to subvert the democratically elected government to pose a risk to the Russian federation, when all they wanted was an East-West security pact. NATO and the EU have purposely been using Ukrainain Nazis both during the Soviet empire, and the post Soviet era, to try to destroy Russia, this is just a fact. And we have broken promises and purposely tried to provoke war with Russia, and now? The Deep State got what it wanted, while we squander billions of tax payer money on the ruling western oligarchs and their corruption.

:rolleyes:

US gov’t knew NATO expansion to Ukraine would force Russia to intervene​


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". . . Ukraine and Georgia’s NATO aspirations not only touch a raw nerve in Russia, they engender serious concerns about the consequences for stability in the region. Not only does Russia perceive encirclement, and efforts to undermine Russia’s influence in the region, but it also fears unpredictable and uncontrolled consequences which would seriously affect Russian security interests. Experts tell us that Russia is particularly worried that the strong divisions in Ukraine over NATO membership, with much of the ethnic-Russian community against membership, could lead to a major split, involving violence or at worst, civil war. In that eventuality, Russia would have to decide whether to intervene; a decision Russia does not want to have to face.. . .

Burns’ warnings came true just a few years later.. . ."




The CIA knew what it was doing. . . it wanted war, and it got one.

iu



NATO should have never have been expanded. . . guarantees were given to Gorbachev, the west was NOT to be allowed to, and Putin is right. Nor were they allowed to place missiles in any of the new NATO members, which they have, since talks about the unification of Germany occurred.

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WAR IN EUROPE AND THE RISE OF RAW PROPAGANDA​

". . . Setting aside the manoeuvres and cynicism of geopolitics, whomever the players, this historical memory is the driving force behind Russia’s respect-seeking, self-protective security proposals, which were published in Moscow in the week the UN voted 130-2 to outlaw Nazism. They are:

- NATO guarantees that it will not deploy missiles in nations bordering Russia. (They are already in place from Slovenia to Romania, with Poland to follow)
- NATO to stop military and naval exercises in nations and seas bordering Russia.
- Ukraine will not become a member of NATO.
- the West and Russia to sign a binding East-West security pact.
- the landmark treaty between the US and Russia covering intermediate-range nuclear weapons to be restored. (The US abandoned it in 2019)


These amount to a comprehensive draft of a peace plan for all of post-war Europe and ought to be welcomed in the West. But who understands their significance in Britain? What they are told is that Putin is a pariah and a threat to Christendom.. . . "

Newly Declassified Documents: Gorbachev Told NATO Wouldn't Move Past East German Border​

". . .Gorbachev only accepted German reunification—over which the Soviet Union had a legal right to veto under treaty—because he received assurances that NATO would not expand after he withdrew his forces from Eastern Europe from James Baker, President George H.W. Bush, West German foreign minister Hans-Dietrich Genscher, West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl, the CIA Director Robert Gates, French President Francois Mitterrand, British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, British foreign minister Douglas Hurd, British Prime Minister John Major, and NATO secretary-general Manfred Woerner.

Indeed, as late as March 1991, the British were reassuring Gorbachev that they could not foresee circumstances under which NATO might expand into Eastern and Central Europe. As former British Ambassador to the Soviet Union recounted in March 5, 1991, Rodric Braithwaite, both British foreign minister Douglas Hurd and British Prime Minister John Major told the Soviet that NATO would not expand eastwards.

“I believe that your thoughts about the role of NATO in the current situation are the result of misunderstanding,” Major had told Gorbachev. We are not talking about strengthening of NATO. We are talking about the coordination of efforts that is already happening in Europe between NATO and the West European Union, which, as it is envisioned, would allow all members of the European Community to contribute to enhance [our] security.”



". . The 2+4 negotiations were talks in 1990 that allowed for the reunification of Germany, featuring capitalist West Germany and socialist East Germany (the 2) along with the United States, Soviet Union, Britain, and France (the 4).

Chrobog’s comments in the notes, therefore, confirm that the Western powers had promised the USSR in 1990 that they would not expand NATO eastward after German reunification.

Further clarifying this fact, the document adds that there was a “general agreement that membership of NATO and security guarantees [are] unacceptable” for countries east of Germany.. . ."

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What a difference 75 years makes. FDR's Russian allies were accused of unspeakable crimes when they invaded Germany but that was the plan.
 
All true.


But the point here? We promised Gorbechev we would not expand NATO. But we have. We purposely used the CIA to use these Neo-Nazis to subvert the democratically elected government to pose a risk to the Russian federation, when all they wanted was an East-West security pact. NATO and the EU have purposely been using Ukrainain Nazis both during the Soviet empire, and the post Soviet era, to try to destroy Russia, this is just a fact. And we have broken promises and purposely tried to provoke war with Russia, and now? The Deep State got what it wanted, while we squander billions of tax payer money on the ruling western oligarchs and their corruption.

:rolleyes:

US gov’t knew NATO expansion to Ukraine would force Russia to intervene​


WikiLeaks-Ukraine-NATO-Russia-intervene-William-Burns.jpg


WikiLeaks-Ukraine-NATO-Russia-William-Burns.jpg


". . . Ukraine and Georgia’s NATO aspirations not only touch a raw nerve in Russia, they engender serious concerns about the consequences for stability in the region. Not only does Russia perceive encirclement, and efforts to undermine Russia’s influence in the region, but it also fears unpredictable and uncontrolled consequences which would seriously affect Russian security interests. Experts tell us that Russia is particularly worried that the strong divisions in Ukraine over NATO membership, with much of the ethnic-Russian community against membership, could lead to a major split, involving violence or at worst, civil war. In that eventuality, Russia would have to decide whether to intervene; a decision Russia does not want to have to face.. . .

Burns’ warnings came true just a few years later.. . ."




The CIA knew what it was doing. . . it wanted war, and it got one.

iu



NATO should have never have been expanded. . . guarantees were given to Gorbachev, the west was NOT to be allowed to, and Putin is right. Nor were they allowed to place missiles in any of the new NATO members, which they have, since talks about the unification of Germany occurred.

quote-war-is-not-merely-a-political-act-but-a-real-political-instrument-a-continuation-of-carl-von-clausewitz-5-77-21.jpg


WAR IN EUROPE AND THE RISE OF RAW PROPAGANDA​

". . . Setting aside the manoeuvres and cynicism of geopolitics, whomever the players, this historical memory is the driving force behind Russia’s respect-seeking, self-protective security proposals, which were published in Moscow in the week the UN voted 130-2 to outlaw Nazism. They are:

- NATO guarantees that it will not deploy missiles in nations bordering Russia. (They are already in place from Slovenia to Romania, with Poland to follow)
- NATO to stop military and naval exercises in nations and seas bordering Russia.
- Ukraine will not become a member of NATO.
- the West and Russia to sign a binding East-West security pact.
- the landmark treaty between the US and Russia covering intermediate-range nuclear weapons to be restored. (The US abandoned it in 2019)


These amount to a comprehensive draft of a peace plan for all of post-war Europe and ought to be welcomed in the West. But who understands their significance in Britain? What they are told is that Putin is a pariah and a threat to Christendom.. . . "

Newly Declassified Documents: Gorbachev Told NATO Wouldn't Move Past East German Border​

". . .Gorbachev only accepted German reunification—over which the Soviet Union had a legal right to veto under treaty—because he received assurances that NATO would not expand after he withdrew his forces from Eastern Europe from James Baker, President George H.W. Bush, West German foreign minister Hans-Dietrich Genscher, West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl, the CIA Director Robert Gates, French President Francois Mitterrand, British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, British foreign minister Douglas Hurd, British Prime Minister John Major, and NATO secretary-general Manfred Woerner.

Indeed, as late as March 1991, the British were reassuring Gorbachev that they could not foresee circumstances under which NATO might expand into Eastern and Central Europe. As former British Ambassador to the Soviet Union recounted in March 5, 1991, Rodric Braithwaite, both British foreign minister Douglas Hurd and British Prime Minister John Major told the Soviet that NATO would not expand eastwards.

“I believe that your thoughts about the role of NATO in the current situation are the result of misunderstanding,” Major had told Gorbachev. We are not talking about strengthening of NATO. We are talking about the coordination of efforts that is already happening in Europe between NATO and the West European Union, which, as it is envisioned, would allow all members of the European Community to contribute to enhance [our] security.”



". . The 2+4 negotiations were talks in 1990 that allowed for the reunification of Germany, featuring capitalist West Germany and socialist East Germany (the 2) along with the United States, Soviet Union, Britain, and France (the 4).

Chrobog’s comments in the notes, therefore, confirm that the Western powers had promised the USSR in 1990 that they would not expand NATO eastward after German reunification.

Further clarifying this fact, the document adds that there was a “general agreement that membership of NATO and security guarantees [are] unacceptable” for countries east of Germany.. . ."

NATO-expansion-document-promise-UK-US-Germany.png

We promised Gorbechev we would not expand NATO.

Promised? Like a pinky swear?

NATO should have never have been expanded. . . guarantees were given to Gorbachev, the west was NOT to be allowed to, and Putin is right.

Formerly enslaved nations wanted protection from Russia for some reason.
Why do you think? Did they have a good reason?
 
We promised Gorbechev we would not expand NATO.

Promised? Like a pinky swear?

NATO should have never have been expanded. . . guarantees were given to Gorbachev, the west was NOT to be allowed to, and Putin is right.

Formerly enslaved nations wanted protection from Russia for some reason.
Why do you think? Did they have a good reason?
I posted what I posted, the truth and facts are self-evident.

If you wish to gas-light yourself, do so.

I have no wish to twist reality, or make excuses for warmongering.
 
I posted what I posted, the truth and facts are self-evident.

If you wish to gas-light yourself, do so.

I have no wish to twist reality, or make excuses for warmongering.

I posted what I posted, the truth and facts are self-evident.

Poor Russia. She never did nuthin' to nobody.

I have no wish to twist reality, or make excuses for warmongering.

You're too busy sucking up to Russia to do that.
 
I posted what I posted, the truth and facts are self-evident.

Poor Russia. She never did nuthin' to nobody.

I have no wish to twist reality, or make excuses for warmongering.

You're too busy sucking up to Russia to do that.
Can't handle the facts huh? You have to attack the messenger when you don't like hearing truth and reality conflict with the propaganda you hear daily?

Deploying attacks on me? That doesn't change the facts, or the truth. Hermann Goering would none the less, be proud of your efforts though! :113:

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NOW? Pay special attention to the "Final Act of the Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe," which the EU and NATO, have continually rebuffed Russia and Putin on. . . . :rolleyes:

So yeah, that bullshit RAND, CFR, and Atlantic Council propaganda you are gobbling? Is just that, biased garbage.

"No one can ever actually produce a copy of the Budapest Memorandum. Only claims that security assurances are guaranteed. I maintain that comes with some caveats. Why?

Because the closest outline of that Memorandum I have yet dug up? Is this. . .



Primary Sources

Budapest Memorandums on Security Assurances, 1994​


"Excerpt:

"Welcoming the accession of Ukraine to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons as a non-nuclear-weapon State,

Taking into account the commitment of Ukraine to eliminate all nuclear weapons from its territory within a specified period of time,

Noting the changes in the world-wide security situation, including the end of the cold war, which have brought about conditions for deep reductions in nuclear forces,

Confirm the following:

1. The Russian Federation, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the United States of America reaffirm their commitment to Ukraine, in accordance with the principles of the Final Act of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe, to respect the independence and sovereignty and the existing borders of Ukraine;

2. The Russian Federation, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the United States of America reaffirm their obligation to refrain from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of Ukraine, and that none of their weapons will ever be used against Ukraine except in self-defence or otherwise in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations;

3. The Russian Federation, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the United States of America reaffirm their commitment to Ukraine, in accordance with the principles of the Final Act of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe, to refrain from economic coercion designed to subordinate to their own interest the exercise by Ukraine of the rights inherent in its sovereignty and thus to secure advantages of any kind;

4. The Russian Federation, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the United States of America reaffirm their commitment to seek immediate United Nations Security Council action to provide assistance to Ukraine, as a non-nuclear-weapon State party to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, if Ukraine should become a victim of an act of aggression or an object of a threat of aggression in which nuclear weapons are used;

5. The Russian Federation, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the United States of America reaffirm, in the case of Ukraine, their commitment not to use nuclear weapons against any non-nuclear weapon State party to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, except in the case of an attack on themselves, their territories or dependent territories, their armed forces, or their allies, by such a State in association or alliance with a nuclear-weapon State;

6. Ukraine, the Russian Federation, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the United States of America will consult in the event a situation arises that raises a question concerning these commitments.

This Memorandum will become applicable upon signature.

Signed in four copies having equal validity in the Ukrainian, English and Russian languages."


That makes no such guarantee of security in case of invasion, only it refers to using this, which I maintain, is exactly the OPPOSITE, of escalating violent confrontation.


Source: Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars 1
Final Act of the Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe

". . . Accordingly, the participating States will refrain from any acts constituting a threat of force or
direct or indirect use of force against another participating State. Likewise they will refrain from
any manifestation of force for the purpose of inducing another participating State to renounce the
full exercise of its sovereign rights. Likewise they will also refrain in their mutual relations from
any act of reprisal by force.
No such threat or use of force will be employed as a means of settling disputes, or questions
likely to give rise to disputes, between them.. . . "
 
Can't handle the facts huh? You have to attack the messenger when you don't like hearing truth and reality conflict with the propaganda you hear daily?

Deploying attacks on me? That doesn't change the facts, or the truth. Hermann Goering would none the less, be proud of your efforts though! :113:

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NOW? Pay special attention to the "Final Act of the Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe," which the EU and NATO, have continually rebuffed Russia and Putin on. . . . :rolleyes:

So yeah, that bullshit RAND, CFR, and Atlantic Council propaganda you are gobbling? Is just that, biased garbage.

"No one can ever actually produce a copy of the Budapest Memorandum. Only claims that security assurances are guaranteed. I maintain that comes with some caveats. Why?

Because the closest outline of that Memorandum I have yet dug up? Is this. . .



Primary Sources

Budapest Memorandums on Security Assurances, 1994​


"Excerpt:

"Welcoming the accession of Ukraine to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons as a non-nuclear-weapon State,

Taking into account the commitment of Ukraine to eliminate all nuclear weapons from its territory within a specified period of time,

Noting the changes in the world-wide security situation, including the end of the cold war, which have brought about conditions for deep reductions in nuclear forces,

Confirm the following:

1. The Russian Federation, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the United States of America reaffirm their commitment to Ukraine, in accordance with the principles of the Final Act of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe, to respect the independence and sovereignty and the existing borders of Ukraine;

2. The Russian Federation, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the United States of America reaffirm their obligation to refrain from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of Ukraine, and that none of their weapons will ever be used against Ukraine except in self-defence or otherwise in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations;

3. The Russian Federation, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the United States of America reaffirm their commitment to Ukraine, in accordance with the principles of the Final Act of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe, to refrain from economic coercion designed to subordinate to their own interest the exercise by Ukraine of the rights inherent in its sovereignty and thus to secure advantages of any kind;

4. The Russian Federation, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the United States of America reaffirm their commitment to seek immediate United Nations Security Council action to provide assistance to Ukraine, as a non-nuclear-weapon State party to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, if Ukraine should become a victim of an act of aggression or an object of a threat of aggression in which nuclear weapons are used;

5. The Russian Federation, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the United States of America reaffirm, in the case of Ukraine, their commitment not to use nuclear weapons against any non-nuclear weapon State party to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, except in the case of an attack on themselves, their territories or dependent territories, their armed forces, or their allies, by such a State in association or alliance with a nuclear-weapon State;

6. Ukraine, the Russian Federation, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the United States of America will consult in the event a situation arises that raises a question concerning these commitments.

This Memorandum will become applicable upon signature.

Signed in four copies having equal validity in the Ukrainian, English and Russian languages."


That makes no such guarantee of security in case of invasion, only it refers to using this, which I maintain, is exactly the OPPOSITE, of escalating violent confrontation.


Source: Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars 1
Final Act of the Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe

". . . Accordingly, the participating States will refrain from any acts constituting a threat of force or
direct or indirect use of force against another participating State. Likewise they will refrain from
any manifestation of force for the purpose of inducing another participating State to renounce the
full exercise of its sovereign rights. Likewise they will also refrain in their mutual relations from
any act of reprisal by force.
No such threat or use of force will be employed as a means of settling disputes, or questions
likely to give rise to disputes, between them.. . . "

Can't handle the facts huh? You have to attack the messenger when you don't like hearing truth

The truth is, Russia enslaved Eastern Europe after WWII. The truth is, those formerly enslaved nations wanted to join NATO to protect themselves from Russia. Even if that makes Putin sad.

Pay special attention to the "Final Act of the Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe," which the EU and NATO, have continually rebuffed Russia and Putin on. . .

Rebuffed? That's awful!
 
Can't handle the facts huh? You have to attack the messenger when you don't like hearing truth

The truth is, Russia enslaved Eastern Europe after WWII. The truth is, those formerly enslaved nations wanted to join NATO to protect themselves from Russia. Even if that makes Putin sad.

Pay special attention to the "Final Act of the Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe," which the EU and NATO, have continually rebuffed Russia and Putin on. . .

Rebuffed? That's awful!
Hey, whatever lies you need to tell yourself pal.

I have links and proof, documented proof, not editorials or opinion pieces, actual historical documents. You have nothing but parroted propaganda.

You got nothing, so, eh, whatever.
 
Hey, whatever lies you need to tell yourself pal.

I have links and proof, documented proof, not editorials or opinion pieces, actual historical documents. You have nothing but parroted propaganda.

You got nothing, so, eh, whatever.

Lies? Russia didn't enslave Eastern Europe?
 
All true.


But the point here? We promised Gorbechev we would not expand NATO. But we have. We purposely used the CIA to use these Neo-Nazis to subvert the democratically elected government to pose a risk to the Russian federation, when all they wanted was an East-West security pact. NATO and the EU have purposely been using Ukrainain Nazis both during the Soviet empire, and the post Soviet era, to try to destroy Russia, this is just a fact. And we have broken promises and purposely tried to provoke war with Russia, and now? The Deep State got what it wanted, while we squander billions of tax payer money on the ruling western oligarchs and their corruption.

:rolleyes:

US gov’t knew NATO expansion to Ukraine would force Russia to intervene​


WikiLeaks-Ukraine-NATO-Russia-intervene-William-Burns.jpg


WikiLeaks-Ukraine-NATO-Russia-William-Burns.jpg


". . . Ukraine and Georgia’s NATO aspirations not only touch a raw nerve in Russia, they engender serious concerns about the consequences for stability in the region. Not only does Russia perceive encirclement, and efforts to undermine Russia’s influence in the region, but it also fears unpredictable and uncontrolled consequences which would seriously affect Russian security interests. Experts tell us that Russia is particularly worried that the strong divisions in Ukraine over NATO membership, with much of the ethnic-Russian community against membership, could lead to a major split, involving violence or at worst, civil war. In that eventuality, Russia would have to decide whether to intervene; a decision Russia does not want to have to face.. . .

Burns’ warnings came true just a few years later.. . ."




The CIA knew what it was doing. . . it wanted war, and it got one.

iu



NATO should have never have been expanded. . . guarantees were given to Gorbachev, the west was NOT to be allowed to, and Putin is right. Nor were they allowed to place missiles in any of the new NATO members, which they have, since talks about the unification of Germany occurred.

quote-war-is-not-merely-a-political-act-but-a-real-political-instrument-a-continuation-of-carl-von-clausewitz-5-77-21.jpg


WAR IN EUROPE AND THE RISE OF RAW PROPAGANDA​

". . . Setting aside the manoeuvres and cynicism of geopolitics, whomever the players, this historical memory is the driving force behind Russia’s respect-seeking, self-protective security proposals, which were published in Moscow in the week the UN voted 130-2 to outlaw Nazism. They are:

- NATO guarantees that it will not deploy missiles in nations bordering Russia. (They are already in place from Slovenia to Romania, with Poland to follow)
- NATO to stop military and naval exercises in nations and seas bordering Russia.
- Ukraine will not become a member of NATO.
- the West and Russia to sign a binding East-West security pact.
- the landmark treaty between the US and Russia covering intermediate-range nuclear weapons to be restored. (The US abandoned it in 2019)


These amount to a comprehensive draft of a peace plan for all of post-war Europe and ought to be welcomed in the West. But who understands their significance in Britain? What they are told is that Putin is a pariah and a threat to Christendom.. . . "

Newly Declassified Documents: Gorbachev Told NATO Wouldn't Move Past East German Border​

". . .Gorbachev only accepted German reunification—over which the Soviet Union had a legal right to veto under treaty—because he received assurances that NATO would not expand after he withdrew his forces from Eastern Europe from James Baker, President George H.W. Bush, West German foreign minister Hans-Dietrich Genscher, West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl, the CIA Director Robert Gates, French President Francois Mitterrand, British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, British foreign minister Douglas Hurd, British Prime Minister John Major, and NATO secretary-general Manfred Woerner.

Indeed, as late as March 1991, the British were reassuring Gorbachev that they could not foresee circumstances under which NATO might expand into Eastern and Central Europe. As former British Ambassador to the Soviet Union recounted in March 5, 1991, Rodric Braithwaite, both British foreign minister Douglas Hurd and British Prime Minister John Major told the Soviet that NATO would not expand eastwards.

“I believe that your thoughts about the role of NATO in the current situation are the result of misunderstanding,” Major had told Gorbachev. We are not talking about strengthening of NATO. We are talking about the coordination of efforts that is already happening in Europe between NATO and the West European Union, which, as it is envisioned, would allow all members of the European Community to contribute to enhance [our] security.”



". . The 2+4 negotiations were talks in 1990 that allowed for the reunification of Germany, featuring capitalist West Germany and socialist East Germany (the 2) along with the United States, Soviet Union, Britain, and France (the 4).

Chrobog’s comments in the notes, therefore, confirm that the Western powers had promised the USSR in 1990 that they would not expand NATO eastward after German reunification.

Further clarifying this fact, the document adds that there was a “general agreement that membership of NATO and security guarantees [are] unacceptable” for countries east of Germany.. . ."

NATO-expansion-document-promise-UK-US-Germany.png
And after getting and assurances on both sides, Russia started invading and annexing parts of its neighbors. That action invalidated those agreements and caused all the ex- Warsaw Pact and Ex-Soviet nations to need the defensive advantages of joining NATO. Just look at recent history, Russia has launched unprovoked invasions of Chechnya, Georgia and Ukraine TWICE. It has annexed territories belonging to both Georgia AND Ukraine. Russia has fomented civil unrest and sent Russian Army troops into several old Soviet Socialist republics to create the appearance of civil wars to give Russia excuses for invasions.
 
I have links and proof, documented proof, not editorials or opinion pieces, actual historical documents. You have nothing but parroted propaganda.
People can argue the wisdom of NATO expansion till the cows come home. It is a matter of opinion.

Regarding the facts-

We can stipulate. In 1991, they gave assurances to Gorby that there would be no eastward expansion, but there was nothing in writing.

Q. Is that set in stone forever? The memo acknowledges the assurances were given- it also says that further steps could be taken through the Helsinki Commission or other bilateral agreements.

Other bilateral agreements were made. The 1994 Budapest Memorandum and the 1997 Founding Act.

In 1991, there were 3200 nuclear warheads in Ukraine, Kazakhstan, and Belarus. Russia and the US worked cooperatively to either return them to Russia or dismantle them, and those 3 nations joined the NNPT as non-nuclear weapon states.

The Budapest Memorandum was the security assurance that was made to Ukraine in exchange for giving up those nukes. We were a party to the agreement. We have the right to enforce it, and Ukraine certainly has the right to push for its enforcement.

When the security situation changes, policies adapt to the new realities. The 1994 and 1997 agreements superseded whatever informal agreements were made in 1991.

1997:
"NATO and Russia will seek the widest possible cooperation among participating States of the OSCE with the aim of creating in Europe a common space of security and stability, without dividing lines or spheres of influence limiting the sovereignty of any state."

and to:
"respect for sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity of all states and their inherent right to choose the means to ensure their own security, the inviolability of borders and peoples' right of self-determination as enshrined in the Helsinki Final Act and other OSCE documents"
 
We promised Gorbechev we would not expand NATO.

Kinda right, mostly wrong.

NATO promised to not expand into what was then Eastern Germany. In 1990, after East Germany collapsed and the nation was reunifying. And NATO did not expand into what was once East Germany. Until many years later after Germany was fully unified and the USSR and Warsaw Pact no longer existed. As far as I am aware, the only "NATO" forces in what was once East Germany is a small Air Force contingent in Leipzig. That only exists to support forces going to and from the Middle East as there are no large bases in what was once West Germany to support that (all the aircraft that land there are transports, on what was once a Red Air Force base).

And the very idea that NATO would "not expand" is silly, as several nations have left NATO, joined, rejoined, and may leave again. And such a concept is particularly stupid as not only does the nation of the USSR no longer exist, but the group of nations they led known as the "Warsaw Pact" also no longer exists.

So sorry, even considering that such should still be the case, is about as stupid as trying to say an agreement made with Mommar Quaddafi that was only a handshake deal and never an actual ratified treaty is still in effect.

And Ukraine is not anywhere close to joining NATO. In reality, they were actually a member of the follow-up to the Warsaw Pact, the Russian led "Commonwealth of Independent States". That is, until 2018 when Russia attacked them and started biting off chunks of their territory. And Ukraine has never shown ant real interest in joining NATO, instead preferring to stand a neutral course in the hopes it would not anger Russia.

If anything, the multiple attacks and taking parts of their country over the past 4 years by Russia is pushing them to join NATO. If not for their constant expansions Ukraine would still have had absolutely no interest in joining and still be in the CIS. But after several wars, they now know they can not trust Russia at all, and needs to ally with somebody or they will eventually fall to them. And Ukraine is not alone in that. Georgia was also once a member of the CIS, and withdrew after Russia attacked them in 2008. And Maldovia is now considering leaving, because of Russian interference in their internal politics and their invasion of Ukraine.

The problem is that the CIS was a great idea, but in the last decade or so it has been increasingly used by Russia in order to try and regain what some see as their "lost empire". And by doing this, all they are doing is pushing members away and right into the arms of NATO because they know nobody else will support them, and they can't trust the nation that once promised to protect them.
 

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