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Originally Posted by Pointman
Because not accepting new members from the east was a condition of unification of Germany. As written in Spiegel article linked above. Putin has no right to tell Ukraine what to do - and he doesn't. He does, however, every right to demand NATO to honour that agreement.
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Why? Putin has been a bad actor, but everyone else is still tied to respecting previous agreements? "You play by the rules, while I go around doing whatever I feel like" isn't exactly a strong position to make demands from.