IndigoIdentity
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Well, the problem is not that the countries have joined it, simply that Russia sees this as a historical betrayal:Gotta love it when people make claims about NATO "extending its borders" when those extensions have come from new member nations voluntarily joining it... Why doesn't Russia revive the Warsaw pact and get nations to join that, or are they afraid no one else will join if they can't compel nations like in the old days?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_on_the_Final_Settlement_with_Respect_to_Germany (see the section titled Eastward expansion of NATO)
Some further reading if interested: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2...ief-in-nato-betrayal-and-why-it-matters-today