The art of the deal

[Quix0te]

So Russia gets to determine which allies sovereign nations choose to have?

US Sec of State James Baker to Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev, Feb. 9, 1990:

“After explaining why the U.S. wanted the reunited Germany to stay within the framework of NATO, Baker told Gorbachev that "if we maintain a presence in a Germany that is a part of NATO, there would be no extension of NATO's jurisdiction for forces of NATO 1 inch to the east."

Fact-checking claims that NATO broke agreement on expansion

Two days before Russia invaded Ukraine with an assault that intelligence officials had warned was coming, conservative c

www.politifact.com

 

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US Sec of State James Baker to Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev, Feb. 9, 1990:

“After explaining why the U.S. wanted the reunited Germany to stay within the framework of NATO, Baker told Gorbachev that "if we maintain a presence in a Germany that is a part of NATO, there would be no extension of NATO's jurisdiction for forces of NATO 1 inch to the east."

Fact-checking claims that NATO broke agreement on expansion

Two days before Russia invaded Ukraine with an assault that intelligence officials had warned was coming, conservative c

www.politifact.com

You realize you just cited something that concluded that you are wrong.

Is this your way of admitting you are wrong?

 

[Quix0te]

You realize you just cited something that concluded that you are wrong.

Is this your way of admitting you are wrong?

At the time that the Berlin Wall came down, Russia was assured that there would be no further eastward expansion of NATO if Russia withdrew from East Germany and the country was united with West Germany. I was there. I was stationed at McGrawe Kaserne in Munich, West Germany from 1989-1992. There was great jubilation throughout Germany.

In 1991 and 1992, US forces in Germany and throughout NATO were withdrawn. That was the deal: Russian troops pull back and NATO does not expand to the East. Your childish taunts are ecidence that you have no inkling what you're talking about.