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by bryanrasmussen 1572 days ago
>TL;DR: we had a west-friendly Russian government at the fall of the wall - but pushing east allowed hawks/imperialists to rise to power

I guess I would like some source arguments as to how it was the pushing east, i.e. allowing Nato membership in former eastern bloc countries, that allowed hawks/imperialists to rise to power.