Ukraine

As the Ukraine war drags on more questions keep coming up. The distance from Kiev to Moscow is 450 miles and that is the same as the distance from Ottawa to Washington DC. The United States would not allow Russian nuclear weapons in Ottawa and should not expect Russia to allow such weapons in Ukraine. Recall how upset the people were when the Soviets tried to put missiles in Cuba. Why did the US keep pushing NATO closer to Russia knowing full well at some point Russia would have to take a stand. Declassified documents show security assurances against NATO expansion to Soviet leaders from Baker, Bush, Genscher, Kohl, Gates, Mitterrand, Thatcher, Hurd, Major and Woener at the December 12, 2017 meeting at the National Security Archive at GW University. Other documents revealing the same assurances in 1990 and 1991. One of the more famous was Jim Baker meeting with Gorbachev on February 9, 1990 where he said, not one inch eastward. The world reports that Russia invaded Ukraine without reporting what led up to that. This is another example of the news giving only part of the story.