Mike

You found a REAL historical document and somehow managed to misunderstand what it proves. Congratulations. Even your propaganda needs a fact-checker. 🤡 1990 — JAMES BAKER Yes, he said "not one inch eastward." During negotiations over GERMAN REUNIFICATION. It was a diplomatic proposal, NOT a signed treaty permanently banning NATO enlargement. The actual September 1990 agreement restricted foreign NATO troop deployments in former EAST GERMANY. It did NOT prohibit Poland, Hungary, the Baltic states or Ukraine from joining NATO. 1997 — RUSSIA ITSELF SIGNS AN AGREEMENT. The NATO–Russia Founding Act explicitly recognizes every state's right to choose its own security arrangements. RUSSIA SIGNED IT. It also explicitly rejects giving either side a veto over the other's decisions. Oops. 😂 2002 — PUTIN HIMSELF! Putin acknowledged that Ukraine's relationship with NATO was a matter for Ukraine and NATO to decide. 2014 — GORBACHEV HIMSELF! He explained that general NATO enlargement wasn't what had been negotiated in 1990. The immediate issue was military deployments in the former East Germany. So your argument now clashes with the actual treaty, Russia's own 1997 agreement, Putin's earlier position AND Gorbachev's later explanation. And here's the really embarrassing part: Ukraine wasn't even a NATO member when RUSSIA invaded it in 2014. It wasn't a NATO member when PUTIN launched his full-scale invasion in 2022 either. A DIPLOMATIC CONVERSATION IN 1990 IS NOT A LICENSE TO INVADE SOVEREIGN COUNTRIES IN 2022. So Robin, perhaps read the documents you post instead of hoping nobody else will. THE DOCUMENT IS REAL. YOUR CONCLUSION IS BULLSHIT. 🤡🇺🇦 Original Baker–Gorbachev memorandum: nsarchive.gwu.edu/document/1… Actual 1990 treaty – UN: treaties.un.org/Pages/showDe… 1997 NATO–Russia Founding Act: nato.int/en/about-us/officia… Gorbachev's explanation: brookings.edu/articles/did-n… Putin's 2002 position: russiamatters.org/analysis/a…