@tivasyk
#JackMatlock, #US ambassador to the #USSR (1987-1991), #ACURA codirector (February 14, 2022):
> Since #Putin’s major demand is an assurance that #NATO will take no further members, and specifically not #Ukraine or #Georgia, obviously there would have been no basis for the present #crisis if there had been no #expansion of the alliance following the end of the #ColdWar
> #NATO expansion was the most profound strategic blunder made since the end of the #ColdWar.
https://usrussiaaccord.org/acura-viewpoint-jack-f-matlock-jr-todays-crisis-over-ukraine/
#coldwar #expansion #crisis #georgia #ukraine #nato #putin #acura #ussr #us #JackMatlock
' The last U.S. ambassador to the Soviet Union... #JackMatlock, wrote last week: “Since President #Putin’s major demand is an assurance that #NATO will take no further members, and specifically not #ukraine or Georgia, obviously there would have been no basis for the present crisis if there had been no expansion of the alliance following the end of the #ColdWar...” '
https://zcomm.org/znetarticle/bob-dylan-masters-of-war-and-the-ukraine-crisis/
#usa #normansolomon #coldwar #ukraine #nato #putin #JackMatlock