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Originally Posted by AustinMike
Hey, what do you know? We agree on something! We should learn from history.
Let's make up a hypothetical situation and see if we can use history to help us formulate a way to react.
Let's assume there's a country ... let's make one up and call it Deutschdirt. Let's say they were really down on their luck and agreed to a treaty. But then later on, they got a leader that didn't like that treaty. He didn't think it was fair. So he decided to annex a bordering country because, I don't know, he claimed Deutschdirters who lived there weren't being treated properly. Let's say that no other country objected. That leader then decided to take over another country and all the other countries said, "Neville mind him taking that country. If we let him have that country, he'll stop."
Is there anything in world history that you can think of that might give us a hint at how this might play out?
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Putin is not Hitler and is not seeking to invade other countries. He told me last night.
Anyway, since I have you on the line, I looked a little bit more into what we were talking about regarding the so-called promise that was made to Gorbachev. And I have an article, which I'll share below, where Gorbachev says that the promise was made in regard to Germany only, but he goes on to say that the expansion of NATO broke the spirit of the agreement.
I also have an article by an author, who is Republican, who I respect very much named Eric Margolis, who is an expert on military history and history in general. I'll share that because he makes other claims. You say you looked at the documents that were released and could not find any evidence of promises broken. Margolis seems to differ.
https://www.rbth.com/international/2...lls_40673.html
https://www.commondreams.org/views/2...ave-it-writing
Margolis also gives George H.W., and Baker, credit for not expanding NATO.