Eric Zuesse — NATO Increasingly Surrounds the ‘Russian Threat’

NATO expansion began at the end of Poppy Bush's term in spite of verbal assurances to Gorbachev. Bill Clinton expanded the expansion, which has continued since and is ramping up under President Obama. No let up can be expected in a second Clinton administration, and most of the GOP candidates are even more hawkish.

Again, follow the money. Who profits? The US military-industrial complex, and the US economy comes more dependent on military Keynesianism.

The question is where does this all lead?

Washington's Blog

NATO Increasingly Surrounds the ‘Russian Threat’
Eric Zuesse

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Russian President Dmitry Medvedev [2009] has accused the West of breaking promises made after the fall of the Iron Curtain, saying that NATO's expansion into Eastern Europe violated commitments made during the negotiations over German reunification. Newly discovered documents from Western archives support the Russian position.

Der Spiegel
NATO's Eastward Expansion: Did the West Break Its Promise to Moscow? part 1

NATO's Eastward Expansion: Did the West Break Its Promise to Moscow? part 2

Uwe Klußmann, Matthias Schepp and Klaus Wiegrefe