Originally Posted by
pr00ne
"That promise was broken long ago."
And seeing what Russia has been up to in Georgia, the Crimea and Eastern Ukraine it is also totally obsolete.
Well Georgia was unequivocally started by the Georgians who got suckered into it by the good offices of Washington.
Ukraine is certainly more debatable but at the very least there is a valid discussion to have about Crimea. NRD is indeed fairly shady (although I'd guess that a significant majority of the locals would rather be under Russian administration). On the other hand NATO has continuously closed in around Russia over the past 20 years. You can't expect zero pushback.