Did The West Promise Moscow That NATO Would Not Expand?

[userque]

Thanks Overnight. Unipolar and "clinging to a question nobody asked" and arguing for pages about it and projecting that argumentive view outward instead of into the homeboy in the mirror, lol.

If there were some signed agreement, wouldn't it be historically valuable enough to be easily documentable?

I got my doubts that the usgov did, but the question remains - just in case ...
Did The West Promise Moscow That NATO Would Not Expand?
https://www.elitetrader.com/et/thre...ise-moscow-that-nato-would-not-expand.365364/

Not sure as to your question.

But I did see a BBC World News Amer. piece that indicated that the original intent of NATO was to not expand to a degree that would be unbalanced/problematic (don't recall exact wording/phrasing).

NATO's intent was that it be defensive, and not offensive. I believe this is, at least in part, what Putin's gripe is about.

 

[Tsing Tao]

"clinging to a question nobody asked"

So the question remains.
Did The West Promise Moscow That NATO Would Not Expand?
https://www.elitetrader.com/et/thre...ise-moscow-that-nato-would-not-expand.365364/
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So the question remains.
Did The West Promise Moscow That NATO Would Not Expand?
https://www.elitetrader.com/et/thre...ise-moscow-that-nato-would-not-expand.365364/
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Who is Putin?

The question is...
Did The West Promise Moscow That NATO Would Not Expand?

So the question remains.
Did The West Promise Moscow That NATO Would Not Expand?

Hows it going with this question? Anyone answer it yet?

 

[easymon1]

Hows it going with this question? Anyone answer it yet?

Nope, There still has appeared no documented source on this thread stating that "The West Promised Moscow That NATO Would Not Expand"

 

[Tsing Tao]

Nope, There still has appeared no documented source on this thread stating that "The West Promised Moscow That NATO Would Not Expand"

But hey, you keep asking it. I'm sure someone will respond to you some day. You're a trooper!

 

[gwb-trading]

But hey, you keep asking it. I'm sure someone will respond to you some day. You're a trooper!

So obviously you have no evidence to support your assertion from proper mainstream sources and are just shoveling nonsense as usual. I am sure you will find some demented Twitter account or obscure blog to support you.

 

[Tsing Tao]

So obviously you have no evidence to support your assertion from proper mainstream sources and are just shoveling nonsense as usual. I am sure you will find some demented Twitter account or obscure blog to support you.

Uh...what? What assertion are you talking about, you delusional maniac?

 

[Tsing Tao]

Uh...what? What assertion are you talking about, you delusional maniac?

So...GWb? Did you run off? I'm curious as to what assertion you're rambling about in your response to me.

 

[easymon1]

 

[LS1Z28]

Did The West Promise Moscow That NATO Would Not Expand?

The US didn't promise not to expand NATO, but they did promise not to expand it into eastern Europe. That promise has been broken several times over the past few decades. That being said, the US claims they aren't bound by that promise since it was never formalized through a treaty.

https://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-shifrinson-russia-us-nato-deal--20160530-snap-story.html
In early February 1990, U.S. leaders made the Soviets an offer. According to transcripts of meetings in Moscow on Feb. 9, then-Secretary of State James Baker suggested that in exchange for cooperation on Germany, U.S. could make “iron-clad guarantees” that NATO would not expand “one inch eastward.” Less than a week later, Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev agreed to begin reunification talks. No formal deal was struck, but from all the evidence, the quid pro quo was clear: Gorbachev acceded to Germany’s western alignment and the U.S. would limit NATO’s expansion.

To be clear, I'm not trying to justify what's happening right now. I'm just trying to provide an answer to the question that's been asked.

 

[easymon1]