U.S. President Bill Clinton sincerely wanted to bring Russia into the NATO fold. European countries, though, were strictly opposed, particularly Germany. Previously classified documents from the 1990s reveal German Chancellor Helmut Kohl's two-pronged strategy.
I agree it was not a conspiracy. Old habits die hard and after forty years of antagonism it is difficult to move away. But Russia was willing to totally reform it’s political and economic system, paid a high price to do so. I cam understand the Russians felling betrayed.
I agree it was not a conspiracy. Old habits die hard and after forty years of antagonism it is difficult to move away. But Russia was willing to totally reform it’s political and economic system, paid a high price to do so. I cam understand the Russians felling betrayed.