Greg Holt (@InspirationalChristianBlogs)

#news #NATO #GeorgeWBush #Russia #Ukraine #wow #politics Russia wanted at one time to be a part of NATO, Putin also expressed, way back in 2005 his opposition to Ukraine becoming a part of NATO. Obviously, nothing was done about this. Surprise, surprise, surprise. "*Putin raises the idea that Russia could eventually join NATO. He says Russia feels “left out” by NATO enlargement. He points to an older fact most Western publics were never meant to internalize: the Soviet Union applied to join NATO in 1954. He argues the reasons for rejection no longer apply. He suggests, almost clinically, that perhaps Russia could be an ally — “European and multi-ethnic,” comparable in character to the United States.* *"Read that again slowly.* *"Because the propaganda version you’ve been fed for years requires amnesia: it requires you to believe Russia woke up one morning and decided to be “a threat,” as if geopolitics is a mood swing and security architecture is irrelevant.* *"But here is the declassified record: Russia was probing for an exit ramp. A pathway into a shared system. A new security architecture. A post–Cold War settlement that could have turned the 1990s from a hollow victory lap into a durable peace.* *"And it didn’t happen."* * * *https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2025/12/29/memos-of-conversations-between-george-w-bush-and-president-vladimir-putin-are-released/#more-279154*