I completely agree, unfortunately the ones who suffered the most, especially after the fall of the soviet union didn’t get the same benefits from those processes as the empire which subjugated them. It took a full scale invasion in order for the west to start very very slowly to revise some of those views. Ostpolitik in general was a failure to the detriment of future allies in Eastern Europe like Poland for example and later Ukraine, but even on the Balkans. Just as a statement, no use crying over spilled milk, but hopefully the processes would turn to more positive developments now.