Putin's NATO Expansion Miscalculation

President Putin declared in the autumn of 2021, and he

actually sent a, a draft treaty that he wanted NATO to

sign to promise no more NATO enlargement.

That was what, what he sent us.

And that was, that, that was a pre, uh, condition for not invade, uh,

u- uh, uh, Ukraine. Of course, we didn't sign that.

The opposite happened. He wanted us to sign a promise never

to enlarge NATO. He wanted us to remove our

military infrastructure in, in all allies that have joined

NATO since 1997, meaning half of NATO, all the Central and

Eastern Europe, we should remove NATO, uh, from, from that part of, uh, of

our alliance. Introducing some kind of E and B, or

second-class membership.

We rejected that. So he went to war to prevent, uh,

uh, NATO, uh, more NATO close to his borders.

He has, he, he, he has got the exact opposite.

He has get more NATO presence in the eastern part of the alliance, and

he has also, uh, uh, uh, seen that Finland has

already joined the alliance, and Sweden will soon be a full

member. This is, this is good for, uh, the Nordic countries, it's good for

Finland and Sweden, and it's also good for NATO.

And it demonstrates that, uh, uh, when President Putin

invaded a European country, uh, to prevent, uh, more NATO,

he's getting the exact opposite