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@alfredotacus8233 Again, there are no NATO missiles, bases or troops at the border of Russia. As a long standing policy of NATO, no permanent bases or weapons were placed on Russia's borders. But perhaps after this Russian attempt to annex Ukrainian land, now there might be missiles, bases and troops on Russia's border.
Finally, James Baker did not make any such commitments. While there was indeed discussion between Secretary of State James Baker and the Soviet leader Mikhail S. Gorbachev in the months after the fall of the Berlin Wall about limiting NATO jurisdiction if East and West Germany were reunited, no such provision was included in the final treaty signed by the Americans, Europeans and Russians.
When Mr. Baker returned to Moscow in May 1989, he offered what were called the nine reassurances, including a commitment to allow Soviet troops in East Germany to remain for a transition period and not extend NATO forces into that territory until they left. This was hardly a promise not to extend the alliance east, but he insisted to the Soviets that this was the best the United States could do.
Baker: “He never once in all the months that followed ever raised the question of NATO expanding its jurisdiction eastward. He then signed documents in which NATO did expand its jurisdiction.”
To summarize, there were no such commitments made to a collapsing Soviet Union. Even if there were, James Baker cannot make any such commitments unilaterally. It would have to be a written treaty ratified by the United States Congress and signed by POTUS.
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