The United States violated its non-expansion pledges and consistently pushed NATO toward Russia despite clear warnings.

“the US and Germany had said to gorbachov and to yelson we won't expand Nato one inch Eastward but then uh like always with the United States they they lied they cheated and they started the expansion”

NATO expansion serves as a vital deterrent that has effectively prevented Russian aggression against member states.

“none of them has been attacked by Russia again so if you were putting all that into the mix here you might say that's a perfect illustration of NATO power deterring Russian aggression”

Scott Horton contends that the current conflict in Ukraine was provoked primarily by American actions, including broken promises regarding NATO expansion.

“it's essentially an American back side in a long-term Civil War that's going on in the country after America over through the government twice in 10 years in the orange revolution of 04 and the mindon revolution of 20 4 because the wrong guy kept winning the election”

Ukraine joining NATO was not a realistic prospect in 2022 because there was no consensus among member states to extend a security guarantee to the country.

“the simple fact is and Putin knew this very well there was not the remotest chance so was not a snowballs chance in hell of Ukraine um joining nato in 202 as things stood in 2022 when Putin launched his full scale Invasion there was not a snowball chance in how of Ukraine joining NATO”

Countries have the right to join NATO if they choose, and Russia should not have veto power over its neighbors' security choices.

“The difference is that you vote in your country to join NATO Russia invades and forces you to join them”

The decision to deny Russia entry into NATO and the subsequent expansion of the alliance toward Russian borders were calculated actions meant to provoke a conflict with Russia.

“If you exclude Russia from NATO, you're probably seeking a war with Russia. And if you try to put nuclear-armed missiles on Russia's border, you're probably going to get a military response.”