| When Gorbachev pulled Russian troops out of East Germany in 1990 his only condition was that NATO did not station troops in East Germany. The promise was given, but soon forgotten, and Russia has been treated like the Cold War loser ever since. |
Analysis: Georgia was the "last straw" for RussiaQuicklink Submitted By Peter Dearman 1 comment
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| When Gorbachev pulled Russian troops out of East Germany in 1990 his only condition was that NATO did not station troops in East Germany. The promise was given, but soon forgotten, and Russia has been treated like the Cold War loser ever since. |
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Peter Dearman is a Canadian teaching English and living in Taiwan. (edit) Now he runs a bar too. He is concerned about the generally high level of bad things happening in the world today, especially on the matters of depleted uranium, repression (more...)
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