The Communists invaded from the north

“But NATO justified its existence, and given Russia’s expansionism in Ukraine more recently its existence has been vindicated further.” yeah but you forget one tiny detail: Nato tried to Go on Eastward AFTER the Soviet fall and multiple times threw away The Russia messages to the trash can, they didn't see Russia’s wish to join Nato as a serious matter at all because it they did Russia would have already become the member of Nato many years ago. Both Putin and the past president Boris Yeltsin want Russia to Join Nato but it seems like it can’t be possible

“Russia did have the opportunity to join NATO and started to through the 90s into the 00s, It should be noted that many of its neighbors and former colonies have decided to.” yes they did have opportunities to do so and just like that, from 1991-2014 how many Eatern Europe countries have become the Nato members in that time gap? Zero?

“however it chose not to.” Nato choose not to let Russia in, right?

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