Curious about NATO expansion from former German Chancellor Schmidt from an interview in 2007:

Curious about NATO expansion from former German Chancellor Schmidt from an interview in 2007: “The Russians fear that the missiles and the Americans are too close to their territory. - This is not a territorial issue, but the issue of expanding American military bases up to the borders of the Soviet Union. This should cause concern to any officer of the General Staff. Today, the Americans have military bases in about 60 countries of the world, some of which are located very close to the Soviet borders in Central Asia and, as expected, soon on Polish territory, Czech territory. Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland - they all became members of NATO. This should cause concern and one must question whether this was reasonable“ Источник: Lord Of War