that isn't true either .....putin said he considered it ....he never asked to join , never applied to join NATO
putin has stated clearly ....." it has fallen to me to take back what belongs to rusisa ...." .....he made comments about the Baltic Statesd and about Ukrainians simply being russians ....he was always going to do what he could to conquer and absorb countries back into russia ......NATO exists to protect AGGAINST just that !
