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"...there was no limit on NATO enlargement."

Let;s go with your assertion, and play the word substitution game.

There is no limit on NATO enlargement (verb tense). There is no limit on NATO / EU enlargement (object "enlargement"). There are no limits (plural) on NATO / EU enlargement.

So as to NATO and mission creep, one reads from NATO: " In a 'sobering' assessment report released today (28 June 2022), NATO recognises climate change as an 'overarching challenge of our time' that will 'measurably' increase the risks to security and ‘worsen as the world warms further’. It calls for a fundamental transformation of NATO's approach to defence and security and sets NATO as a leading international organisation in understanding and adapting to climate change."

Source: https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/news_197241.htm

One reads further: "The aim of NATO enlargement is to promote “stability and cooperation,” with the goal of “building a Europe united in peace, democracy and common values.” NATO must therefore respond to the security crisis that the LGBTQ+ community faces at home. Hungary provides military support to NATO against growing threats within the eastern Baltic states. Although Hungary may provide support to the alliance, NATO is also committed to human rights. Now more than ever, Hungary is reliant on NATO to protect their security from the growing threat of Russia, meaning that NATO may have considerable leverage in Hungary for improving existing human rights grievances, like the ones that the LGBTQ+ community faces."

https://natoassociation.ca/nato-needs-to-act-when-member-states-curb-lgbtq-rights%E2%80%AF%E2%80%AF%E2%80%AF/

Further on NATO "enlargement": "As a transnational organisation, NATO itself is evidence of the benefits of collaborative thinking and action. As such, it can use its expertise and positioning to champion solutions for non-traditional security crises like climate-related migration. NATO is well-positioned to facilitate the mobilisation of resources and building of collective, cooperative approaches to managing migration among states, nonprofits, and humanitarian organisations, which will be paramount in order to avoid duplicative interventions and expertise. Additionally, NATO's organisational convening power will be crucial for facilitating conversations on developing and implementing better international migration policies that establish safe, orderly, and secure legal pathways for people fleeing precarious situations, though it should not be the sole convenor of these conversations."

https://www.nato.int/docu/review/articles/2022/05/19/moving-towards-security-preparing-nato-for-climate-related-migration/index.html

Enlargement afoot: "In 1999, "NATO conducted a 78-day war against Serbia with the stated aim of preventing genocide in Kosovo against ethnic Albanians. Bosnia is currently participating in the Membership Action Plan (MAP), seen as “the last step before gaining [NATO] membership”, according to Bosnia's Defence Minister Sifet Podzic.

Source: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/4/5/nato-membership-indispensable-for-kosovo-bosnia-leaders

And: "The NATO and EU-led peacekeeping force in Bosnia, EUFOR, will deploy four more companies with some 500 troops to Bosnia and Herzegovina, “as a precautionary measure” to ensure “a safe and secure environment” in the country. “The deterioration of the security situation internationally has the potential to spread instability to Bosnia and Herzegovina,” EUFOR said on Thursday."

Source: https://balkaninsight.com/2022/02/24/eu-doubles-bosnia-peacekeepers-as-global-security-deteriorates/

NATO, "enlarged" and "transformational" according to their own rhetoric, shows little limit as the war against Russia, Serbia, troops to non-NATO nations, fighting climate change, confronting gender issues within "member states," and continuing continuing migration to Europe. So Obama-like.... So transofrmational. So enlarged.