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An invitation isn't an obligation, and everyone should be free to do what they want so long as it doesn't impinge on others' sovereignty.
Maybe if the Soviets hadn't trampled on the Czechs and Poles they wouldn't have been so keen to join the club.
Edit to add - I will be forever confused as to why Russia's invasion and occupation of Poland and Czechoslovakia is seen as an insufficient reason for these countries to want to join NATO compared to Russia's hurt feelings that they've joined an alliance that has never attacked Russia.