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Originally posted by Max5: ↑

Not lazy at all-I just look at the facts unlike some-do I have to spell it out for you ?

You still haven't advised what James Baker admitted nor provided evidence of it.

The big problem with that stuff you provided is that I can't see any date of substance beyond the date of the collapse/unwinding of the Soviet Union.....below is excerpt from that link which it seems you didn't read I sent earlier and which spells it out for you with my emphasis of certain pertinent facts.

To understand Russia’s claims of betrayal, it is necessary to review the reassurances then US secretary of state James A. Baker made to former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev during a meeting on February 9, 1990. In a discussion on the status of a reunited Germany, the two men agreed that NATO would not extend past the territory of East Germany, a promise repeated by NATO’s secretary general in a speech on May 17 that same year in Brussels.Russia and the West finally struck an agreement in September that would allow NATO to station its troops beyond the Iron Curtain. However, the deal only concerned a reunified Germany, with further eastward expansion being inconceivable at the time.
"The Soviet Union still existed and the countries of Eastern Europe were still part of the Soviet structures – like the Warsaw Pact – which was not officially dissolved until July 1991," said Amélie Zima, doctor of political science at the Thucydide Centre (Panthéon-Assas) in Paris.

"We cannot speak of betrayal, because a chain of events that would rearrange the security configuration in Europe was about to take place." In short, at a time when Westerners were offering the "guarantees" spoken of by Vladimir Putin, no one could have predicted the collapse of the USSR and the historic upheavals that followed.>

> The fall of the Soviet Union, 30 years on"In addition, these promises were made orally and were never recorded in a treaty,” recalled Olivier Kempf, associate researcher at the Foundation for Strategic Research. "The turning point of NATO enlargement came much later, in 1995, at the request of the Eastern European countries." Game, set, match.

I'm so sorry to shatter your well held but false belief but do hope that clarifies some facts for you.

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Hey Maxicab,

Are you unable to read your own "Cherry-picking" word salads?

the two men agreed that NATO would not extend past the territory of East Germany, a promise repeated by NATO’s secretary general in a speech on May 17 that same year in Brussels.Russia and the West finally struck an agreement in September that would allow NATO to station its troops beyond the Iron Curtain. However, the deal only concerned a reunified Germany, with further eastward expansion being inconceivable at the time.

How does one NOT extend past the territory of East Germany reconcile with "the deal only concerned with a reunified Germany"?

What does the statement "NOT extend past the territory of EAST GERMANY mean?"

What about the rest of the unclassified documents?

Do they NOT apply?

Btw, do you need remedial classes on reading and comprehension skills?