Don’t worry the US and it’s NATO allies can be trusted….
It should’ve dissolved right after the Warsaw Pact did. I can understand our NATO “allies” wanting to keep it together so we’d continue to pay for their defense. But for us, it no longer served a purpose. At least not an America First purpose.
The Military Industrial Complex must be fed the blood and treasure of America.
So then Russia got what it wanted from Biden.
You mean like the Russians who have lied and broken every single arms agreement they have ever signed since 1991, which has led to them having the most advanced and powerful nuclear force in the world with more nukes than the USA, the UK and France combined?
Why are we even worried about a "recently discovered paper" according to Russian state media, apparently hidden after all these years (and even denied by Gorbachov, who says there were NO discussions about NATO expansion in those days), but not about the way Russia has taken advantage of Western weakness to militarize their borders with enough Nukes and weaponry to sweet through all of Europe?
But if the United States allegedly had a verbal agreement--that apparently was never made into any kind of signed agreement or treaty--that it violated, who gives a shit about what Russia has done to change the balance off power in the world!
BTW, the Putinists on this forum constantly tell us what goes on in Russia and Ukraine is none of our business. And yet they sure do spend a LOT of time spreading Russian bullshit and propaganda to justify not only the annihilation of Ukraine, but even want Poland stomped on, since Poland's entry into NATO "violated agreements!" with Russia by them joining in 1997!
It’s behind a paywall, but Der Spiegel really did run this story:
It is not (yet?) on their international version, but they ran this a few days ago, perhaps as a lead-up to this:
I find it hard to believe the Russians would accept that comical sh!t at face value. The fact that they didn’t insist on getting anything in writing is probably a good indication that they had no leverage to oppose it.
Thanks for posting, it’s now making sense why Russia is so pissed.
We made it clear to the Soviet Union, that NO LONGER EXISTS!!!
all... bets... are... off...
Was that before or after the soviet union dissolved?
Hillary Clinton used an unsecured server for State Department business. She sold access to the White House. She also backed the moving van up to the White House and absconded with government property when she and Bill left.
LOL ! That's what the mid rank western dudes allegedly TOLD the mid rank Soviet dudes. Nothing was put on paper and the Soviet Union collapsed 30 years ago.
It's the same old crap, which according to Russian propaganda somehow “justifies” their aggression toward their neighbors.
+ the NATO expansion took place 20 years ago and before Russia started changing borders by force, the amount of “western” military east of Germany was basically zero, it's not significant even now.
Modern Russia broke the INF, CFE and nearly every treaty they signed so playing the victim card bringing up some +30 years old non binding talks is simply pathetic.