[nosianu]

> NATO decides whether and how to expand their membership

You avoid the topic you find inconvenient because it completely destroys your strange notions: The nations asked NATIO to join.

There is no reason not to protect them from their aggressive neighbor!!

Why does it make any sense in your mind to let them be the victims of Russia and claim that this is somehow "correct"?

If Russia does not want NATO so close, maybe they should try a different approach towards their neighbors? Just an idea. It works for a lot of other countries who have zero fear towards a much stronger neighbor.

[naasking]

> There is no reason not to protect them from their aggressive neighbor

There is, and that is antagonizing Russia into a conflict. We don't have to let them be victims of Russia, as we aren't with Ukraine, but we also don't have to antagonize Russia. We can just agree to leaves these countries as neutral buffer zones.