"the US provoked the conflict by pushing Ukraine to join NATO" --"pushing"? How? "Nato was clearly boxing in Russia on its European borders"- Your "boxing in" is what most refer to as buffering against- --"the Budapest agreement assured Ukraine would be secure and defended"- --the above article just told us that was false- --" NATO is pr…
"the US provoked the conflict by pushing Ukraine to join NATO" --"pushing"? How? "Nato was clearly boxing in Russia on its European borders"- Your "boxing in" is what most refer to as buffering against- --"the Budapest agreement assured Ukraine would be secure and defended"- --the above article just told us that was false- --" NATO is primarily a military not economic organization"- --Yes, a DEFENSIVE one.
Right. Before 1991 the Soviet Union and the Warsaw Pact threat was the reason for NATO. But new members must uphold democracy, including tolerating diversity. --New members must be making progress toward a market economy. --Their military forces must be under firm civilian control. --They must be good neighbors and respect sovereignty outside their borders.
After the Soviet Union's collapse in 1991, many Eastern European countries joined: Albania, Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Romania, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia.
"the US provoked the conflict by pushing Ukraine to join NATO" --"pushing"? How? "Nato was clearly boxing in Russia on its European borders"- Your "boxing in" is what most refer to as buffering against- --"the Budapest agreement assured Ukraine would be secure and defended"- --the above article just told us that was false- --" NATO is primarily a military not economic organization"- --Yes, a DEFENSIVE one.
Right. Before 1991 the Soviet Union and the Warsaw Pact threat was the reason for NATO. But new members must uphold democracy, including tolerating diversity. --New members must be making progress toward a market economy. --Their military forces must be under firm civilian control. --They must be good neighbors and respect sovereignty outside their borders.
After the Soviet Union's collapse in 1991, many Eastern European countries joined: Albania, Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Romania, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia.