I'm surprised that you're not outraged that in 2008 America announced that it would upset that balance by admitting both Georgia
I'm surprised you'd make such a completely FALSE claim......US did not say that ....it's is not in their power to do that and of course neither country WAS admitted into NATO by 2014 or even now .
NATO membership requires every other member to agree .....many NATO members were against it
but even so, which allies countries choose does not give russia any right at all to invade them ....nor steal their land
....and forget the old paradigm that russia is a superpower ....they are not ! You can make a case for China - not russia . We have many countries that at one time were great powers , Austria , Ottoman empire , France , Britain etc ......things change .....russia is the fifth largest economy in Europe and their army has been proved to be rather poor .
All russia has is nukes and should not trying to blackmail other nations wioth them ......russia need to have their expansion stopped here !
