Russia sends warning to America.

Russia sends warning to America.

The security proposal has many clauses, but two of the leading proposals are that:

“The United States of America shall take measures to prevent further eastward expansion of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and deny accession to the Alliance to the former USSR republics”
The United States accepts the “obligation not to establish military bases in former Soviet states that are not NATO members, not to use their infrastructure to carry out any military activity, and not to develop bilateral military cooperation with them.”

Several western analysts have characterized Putin’s demands as “bold.” But they are only bold in the sense that Iran is being bold by requesting that the US promise to keep their promise when they sign an agreement. Putin is only being so bold as to hold up assurances that the US has already made long ago. America seems to have a problem keeping its promises.

Recently declassified documents make it clear that, not only did the US guarantee Gorbachev that, if NATO got Germany, NATO would not extend even “one inch” further east, but that all the western powers, including the UK, France and Germany repeatedly made the same promise.