[BroJoeK]

"In the 1990s, the organization extended its activities into political and humanitarian situations that had not formerly been NATO concerns."

And this has what, exactly, to do with Putin's invasion of Ukraine in 2022?

[joma89]

Even asking that question shows you are unable to connect the strategic dots that caused russia to respond with its military in 2022.

[Jaysin]

Thanks for the assist joma89.

BroJoe, If Russia truly brought the wall down and truly wanted an authentic East meets West reconciliation, then truth be told, the multi-billion dollar monstrosity known as NATO would technically no longer be relevant from it’s stated mission purpose.

Once the wall fell, NATO should have been shrunk down in stages. There was simply no need for NATO to get involved politically or humanitarily around the globe. But when BILLIONS upon billions of dollars are concerned in the world called NATO, you’ll never see the funding dry up,

As far as the ruskies are concerned, they brought down the wall, dissolved their Union and were open for business, yet NATO kept expanding into their backyard. Why?