Re: "illegal, illogical, and inexplicable"
Firstly we have the problem that Germany and France weren't going to let Ukraine into NATO. They didn't have the appetite for the risk of annoying Russia. That may have changed now. Putin has just told Macron that he plans to conquer Ukraine - but if that fails and he's forced to make peace - I don't think it's now guaranteed that it won't be offered NATO membership immediately.
Also Russia used to have a tiny border with NATO. But now, it's moved a bunch of troops into Belarus and invaded Ukraine. If it can conquer Ukraine it's now going to have an absolutely massive border with NATO. They used to just border the Baltic States - that were barely armed and had small NATO battalions to defend them. Now they're going to have troops directly bordering Poland. Poland are rapidly modernising their forces, and are (shall we say) highly motivated.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
