Over the last 20 months, western media and politicians have repeatedly insisted in unison that NATO’s expansion toward Russia had nothing to do with its invasion of Ukraine.
The Biden regime, European politicians, and media outlets for months have parroted the talking point that Russia’s conflict with Ukraine “has nothing to do” with NATO’s eastward expansion toward its borders.
"Seriously, it's not about NATO…Nothing to do with NATO at all." https://t.co/MzHjcoABtu pic.twitter.com/DE175haCr9
— Matt Orfalea (@0rf) October 3, 2023
But even NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg has admitted on more than one occasion that Russian President Vladimir Putin warned NATO that Russia would be forced to invade Ukraine if the military alliance kept expanding.
Also, for everyone who's been parroting since Feb 2022 that Russia's invasion is "not about NATO," was "never about NATO," has "nothing to do with NATO," here it is from @NATO Secretary General @jensstoltenberg: Russia "went to war to prevent more #NATO close to [its] borders." https://t.co/7fgGPcejtx pic.twitter.com/NA3kSA8Ec6
— Clare Daly (@ClareDalyMEP) September 21, 2023
“President Putin declared in autumn 2021, and he actually sent a draft treaty that he wanted NATO to sign to promise no more NATO enlargement. That was a precondition for not invading Ukraine. Of course we didn’t sign that,” Stoltenberg admitted last month.
Days after invading Ukraine in February 2022, Putin himself delivered a lengthy speech specifically outlining how Russia was forced to invade Ukraine after NATO violated several commitments it made to Russia not to expand over the last 30 years.