This is from a 1946 Life magazine article written by Joseph Kennedy:
As I keep saying, this isn’t about NATO expansion. Putin knows that NATO is no threat to Russia. He’s using it as an excuse to recreate Greater Russia. He’s not afraid of NATO, he’s afraid of democracy. Appeasing Putin will only make him greedy for more.
PS. The same issue quoted Churchill as stating that an “Iron Curtain” had descended across Europe.