"Not one inch eastward." That's what James Baker told Gorbachev in February 1990 — and it was never written into a single treaty. This week I did something you don't hear on the news: I read the actual documents. Article 5. Article 10. The Budapest Memorandum. The 1997 NATO-Russia Founding Act. Then I walked the 35 years that got us from the fall of the Soviet Union to the meat grinder in the Donbas — and to this week's headlines out of Germany, Moscow, and Leipzig.

 

What you'll hear:

• David reads Article 5 and Article 10 out loud and explains why they matter more than any pundit's opinion

• Why Ukraine gave up the world's third-largest nuclear arsenal for "assurances" — and why that one word was chosen on purpose

• The 1997 promise NATO made to Russia, and the expansion that came 22 months later

• Tuzla Island, 2003: the armed standoff David believes is where the Ukraine clock really starts

• What Putin took from the Orange Revolution, and what Bucharest 2008 set in motion

• David's read on the AfD's 44% in Saxony-Anhalt, Witkoff and Kushner in Moscow and Kyiv, and the low end of where this goes next

This is not a defense of Putin. It's the context you need before you decide what America should do.

✅ Sponsors: ☕️ Black Rifle Coffee: https://www.blackriflecoffee.com/

🏫 Get coaching by David Rutherford: https://www.froglogicinstitute.com/

"Not one inch eastward." That's what James Baker told Gorbachev in February 1990 &mdash; and it was never written into a single treaty. This week I did something you don't hear on the news: I read the actual documents. Article 5. Article 10. The Budapest Memorandum. The 1997 NATO-Russia Founding Act. Then I walked the 35 years that got us from the fall of the Soviet Union to the meat grinder in the Donbas &mdash; and to this week's headlines out of Germany, Moscow, and Leipzig.
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What you'll hear:
&bull; David reads Article 5 and Article 10 out loud and explains why they matter more than any pundit's opinion
&bull; Why Ukraine gave up the world's third-largest nuclear arsenal for "assurances" &mdash; and why that one word was chosen on purpose
&bull; The 1997 promise NATO made to Russia, and the expansion that came 22 months later
&bull; Tuzla Island, 2003: the armed standoff David believes is where the Ukraine clock really starts
&bull; What Putin took from the Orange Revolution, and what Bucharest 2008 set in motion
&bull; David's read on the AfD's 44% in Saxony-Anhalt, Witkoff and Kushner in Moscow and Kyiv, and the low end of where this goes next
This is not a defense of Putin. It's the context you need before you decide what America should do.
✅ Sponsors: ☕️ Black Rifle Coffee: <a href="https://www.blackriflecoffee.com/">https://www.blackriflecoffee.com/</a>
🏫 Get coaching by David Rutherford: <a href="https://www.froglogicinstitute.com/">https://www.froglogicinstitute.com/</a>

The David Rutherford Show represents the highest form of the emerging new media landscape. As a former Navy SEAL, CIA contractor, and world championship performance coach, David has been exploring the human condition for the past 30 years in his epic quest to understand how individuals and teams can defeat the negative insurgency. In his new show David will give experienced analysis to most pressing topics of our time. His mission is to consolidate the battlefield of information and provide unique context to most important issues of the day. Don’t miss this exciting show and allow David to be your flash bang of truth. 

The David Rutherford Show represents the highest form of the emerging new media landscape. As a former Navy SEAL, CIA contractor, and world championship performance coach, David has been exploring the human condition for the past 30 years in his epic quest to understand how individuals and teams can defeat the negative insurgency. In his new show David will give experienced analysis to most pressing topics of our time. His mission is to consolidate the battlefield of information and provide unique context to most important issues of the day. Don&rsquo;t miss this exciting show and allow David to be your flash bang of truth.&nbsp;

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David Rutherford Show: NATO Broke Its Promise to Russia: 27,000 Nukes, "Not One Inch" & the Road to Ukraine

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