Why would NATO accept them, now? It already turned them down, along with Georgia, once. This was about three months before Russia's invasion of Georgia; when membership was endorsed by Bush II. Both countries were left hanging by NATO. Both have been ravaged by the Russian bear, because of it.
Both countries were left hanging by NATO
NATO is dead as a serious defense organization. Putler will use the Crimea playbook to snap off some place like Narva, Estonia (on the Russian border and 93% Russian speaking) and NATO won’t lift a finger. The west is rudderless and being run by soulless globalists.
Time to pray for those in people eastern europe. The iron curtain is coming down on them hard again.