Many in the region regard NATO as solely a military alliance, forgetting its political dimensions, and its expansion into the Indo-Pacific conjures up images of NATO troops and equipment.

Source: https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/08/10/nato-indo-pacific-china-australia-japan/

The "not one inch eastward" quote was from an early discussion about stationing NATO troops in the former GDR and was only in the context of Germany reunification.

Source: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/23/03/28/2347235/norway-company-cant-produce-ukraine-ammunition-because-of-tiktok?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed

We have to demand that the supply of weapons shipped to Ukraine stop immediately and that all NATO troops stand down and withdraw, as a precondition for negotiation with the Russians.

Source: https://www.counterpunch.org/2023/02/03/rage-against-the-war-machine-a-call-for-a-national-strike-to-end-the-war/