Becauseitgoestotheheartoftheissue I raisedaboutwhetherornotthoseleadersaftertheSecondWorldWarwouldhavebeenwiserintheirapproachtoit. Maybewe'vejustbecometoosmugandtooslowtoreadrealpolitic.
ItincludedSecretaryofDefenseBillPerry, whohassaidhethoughtaboutresigningfromtheClintonadministrationoverthisveryissue. Buttheserealistswereopposedby a goodnumberofliberals.
Andthisincludedthepresidenthimself, TonyLake, whowashisnationalsecurityadviser, RichardHolbrookand a numberofotherswhobelievedthatNATOexpansionwas a goodthing.
AndthenyouhaveAngelaMerkelandNicolasSarkozyweresayingthisisnot a smartthingtodo.
そして、アンゲラ・メルケルとニコラ・サルコジは、これは賢いやり方ではないと言っている。
AndBillBurns, who's nowtheheadoftheCIAandinApril 2008 wasthe U.S. ambassadortoMoscow, wrote a memotoCondoleezzaRice, thenthesecretaryofstate, basicallytellingherthatthisisthebrightestofredlinesandit's goingtoleadtounendingtroubleifwecontinuetopursuebringingUkraineintoNATO.
Sotherewere a lotofpeoplewhowereopposed, and I joinedthatbandwagonineffect, right, because I wrotethisfamousarticlein 2014 afterthecrisisinUkrainebrokeoutsayingthatitwastheWest's fault, ineffect, forexpandingNATOeastward. Butwhathappenedhereisthatwedoubleddownateveryturn.