Chomsky: Any Russian leader would have to react to Ukraine joining NATO

Noam Chomsky: “The idea that Ukraine might join a Western military alliance would be quite unacceptable to any Russian leader.

This goes back to 1990 when the Soviet Union collapsed.

There was a question about what would happen with NATO.

Now Gorbachov agreed to allow Germany to be unified and to join NATO.

It was a pretty remarkable concession with a quid pro quo: that NATO would not expand one inch to the east.

That was the phrase that was used.”