[Worldtraveler once upon a time]

--- "The only thing that drives NATO expansion is russian aggression (Sweden and Finland as the two most recent examples)."

To be correct, NATO began as 12 nations and is now 30 nations. It has acted during the Clinton administration as an aggressor in the Bosnia-Kosovo conflict, and NATO troops are active in a non-member state, Kosovo, as of today. One reads: "NATO has been leading a peace-support operation in Kosovo since June 1999 in support of wider international efforts to build peace and stability in the area." Note that this is a period of twenty-two years in a non-NATO nation.

Source: https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natolive/topics_48818.htm

Additionally, NATO is posed to act in a larger capacity. Further, "NATO ready to send more troops to Kosovo in case of fresh unrest,"

Source: https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/nato-ready-send-more-troops-kosovo-case-fresh-unrest-2022-09-20/

To imply that NATO is a non-expansionist entity is demonstrably fallacious. Twelve nations becomes thirty nations, and NATO is acting outside of its borders, and has for decades.

[tlozo]

To imply that NATO is a non-expansionist entity is demonstrably fallacious.

So you're seriously arguing that NATO was threatening nuclear Russia with invasion? Ridiculous

[tlozo]

To imply that NATO is a non-expansionist entity is demonstrably fallacious. Twelve nations becomes thirty nations, and NATO is acting outside of its borders, and has for decades.

Once again, NATO is voluntary vs the Russian invasion. Also, why does Russia care about NATO expansion, is it a serious invasion threat to nuclear Russia or does it stop Russia from bullying its neighbors?