Quote (ferdia @ 25 May 2023 11:56)
You have made a good argument here, and your not wrong, it was ever the fear that Russia would ever move westwards. By this same logic, surely then you see the Russian perspective of, dont come any closer to us, we have already receded?
Nikita Khrushchev was (considering techno at this time) putting a gun at point blank toward U.S head in 1 day and opening the way for other south american countries to follow the move eventually.
I guess there was not enough nukes in EU to fully counter balance, it was very certainly a direct threat breaking the balance.