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To: rbmillerjr
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.

50 posted on 04/29/2022 10:15:04 AM PDT by Kazan
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To: Kazan

“No formal deal was struck”

Your damned right. There was no deal.
Besides Russia is a serial violator of every agreement they ever signed.


52 posted on 04/29/2022 10:17:49 AM PDT by rbmillerjr (Defeating China is impossible without understanding that Russia is our enemy)
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