NATO doesn’t expand like the USSR did. Nations freely join it to defend against Ruzzia.
The USSR no longer exists. NATO is expanding at leaps and bounds in order to deliberately provoke Russia on their borders and start WWIII.
NATO has gone so FAR beyond its original charter it isn’t funny. NORTH ATLANTIC Treaty Organization - NORTH ATLANTIC.
Since when was Libya (where NATO bombed) and Syria (also) part of the North Atlantic state countries? Or even a member of NATO for that matter?
AFAIC, Europe and the US are the aggressors here by creating NATO first - it wasn’t until 1954 that Russia implemented the Warsaw Pact which is now defunct - as NATO should be.
Let Europe defend itself and fund it like they don’t fund NATO. Let them create, staff, equip, and fund their own army and leave the US out of it.