elsat on Nostr: I understand your position. Sure, there are admin type criteria, and others in line ...

I understand your position. Sure, there are admin type criteria, and others in line etc. You are right.

Let me try to communicate:

-The objective of NATO was to counter the USSR/Warsaw Pact
-The USSR and Warsaw Pact disbanded
-The major power former USSR in Russia inquired of joining NATO, and did not go far in this process
-NATO expansion continued to Rf’s borders

There are no counterfactuals in history.

If Rf had joined NATO would there be a million dead today?

I don’t know with certainty.

I would think probability would be less than the outcome of today.