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Nato allies back fast-track membership for Ukraine, says Cleverly
The Guardian ^ | June 21, 2023 | Patrick Wintour

Posted on 06/22/2023 3:51:26 AM PDT by Timber Rattler

The UK foreign secretary, James Cleverly, has said all Nato allies are backing a plan to give Ukraine a fast track to Nato membership of the kind offered to Sweden and Finland earlier this year.

Speaking on the margins of the two-day Ukraine Recovery conference in London, Cleverly said the UK was “very, very supportive” of Ukraine being able to join Nato without the usual need for it to meet the conditions set out in a Nato membership action plan (Map).

The French foreign minister, Catherine Colonna, was more cautious but said circumstances had changed since 2008 when Ukraine was last offered Nato membership on the condition it met the terms set out in an action plan.

The issue of the terms on which Ukraine is offered Nato membership has been dividing allies before a Nato summit next month. There have been concerns in the US and Germany that early Nato membership for Ukraine might provoke Russia, and change the Nato structure.

Cleverly said the Ukrainian army through the war had modernised and aligned its weaponry with Nato to make it possible to dispense with an action plan. The offer is conceived as an alternative to offering Ukraine a timetable for membership at the Nato summit in Vilnius next month. Ukraine would like a pathway with specific dates.

All sides have agreed that Ukraine cannot join Nato – and thus be covered by its guarantee that an attack on one is an attack on all – until the war is over. But the offer to drop the Map would be a signal of European intent.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Russia; Ukraine
KEYWORDS: 10percent4thebigguy; another500billion; bidensrinolemmings; cleverly; demsunitedforbribes; demsunitedforukraine; europe; fasttrack; joewantsaworldwar; nato; uk; ukraineuberalles; war
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Its inevitable now.


1 posted on 06/22/2023 3:51:26 AM PDT by Timber Rattler
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I wonder why NATO is so interested in having a nuclear war with Russia?


2 posted on 06/22/2023 3:54:29 AM PDT by jpsb
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To: jpsb

This makes total sense. Once admitted, the Ukrainian level of corruption will have lowered the bar throughout the NATO membership on the acceptable level of corruption.


3 posted on 06/22/2023 3:58:15 AM PDT by Avoiding_Sulla (You can't tell where we're going if you don't know where we've been)
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4 posted on 06/22/2023 3:58:40 AM PDT by Travis McGee (EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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5 posted on 06/22/2023 3:59:47 AM PDT by Travis McGee (EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: jpsb

None of these jackass nations want to pay their bills and build militaries. Which tells us that the idea is to send US troops into Ukraine and spur a nuke conflict.

Total idiots.

So who will be paying for Ukraine’s donations to NATO?


6 posted on 06/22/2023 4:01:47 AM PDT by dforest
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To: Timber Rattler

it’s illegal to join when you are already at war.


7 posted on 06/22/2023 4:02:06 AM PDT by Sacajaweau ( )
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To: Sacajaweau

The western world now looks at rules and the law as optional.


8 posted on 06/22/2023 4:04:03 AM PDT by dforest
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To: Timber Rattler

Insane. A sign of desperation.


9 posted on 06/22/2023 4:08:09 AM PDT by kabar
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“The western world now looks at rules and the law as optional”

If that keeps up they might even end up invading a sovereign country after proclaiming they have no intention of invading. Then destroy its cities, kill its people and annex its territory.


10 posted on 06/22/2023 4:08:26 AM PDT by Justa (If where you came from is so great then why aren't Floridians moving there?)
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To: dforest

Nailed it.


11 posted on 06/22/2023 4:09:02 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (It's not a government. It's a criminal enterprise. Fear it, but do not respect it.)
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To: Timber Rattler

Only an idiotic clown would want this.


12 posted on 06/22/2023 4:10:56 AM PDT by wildcard_redneck (Biden will mess up the Ukraine worse than Afghanistan.)
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To: Timber Rattler

Soros and the World Economic Forum keep making their empire larger and larger.


13 posted on 06/22/2023 4:14:51 AM PDT by Erik Latranyi (This is the end of the Republic....because we could not keep it.)
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To: wildcard_redneck

Some idiotic clowns desperately want this, including more than a few who pose as members of this forum, which explains the regular postings of these hopeful articles.


14 posted on 06/22/2023 4:19:48 AM PDT by rlmorel ("If you think tough men are dangerous, just wait until you see what weak men are capable of." JBP)
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To: Travis McGee

-Pathetic. Go away.


15 posted on 06/22/2023 4:20:30 AM PDT by dennisw (Never attribute to incompetence-stupidity, that which is adequately explained by malice)
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To: dforest; Sacajaweau

That was my first thought.

Leftists have realized that there are no repercussions for ignoring “law”. They disregard it with arrogant impunity.

I believe they get a great deal of entertainment and personal satisfaction out of this dynamic, and is the souce of much merriment amongst their ranks.


16 posted on 06/22/2023 4:28:06 AM PDT by rlmorel ("If you think tough men are dangerous, just wait until you see what weak men are capable of." JBP)
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To: Timber Rattler

Yes. No. Maybe. No. Yes. Yes. No. Perhaps. No. Yes. Yes. No. Maybe. No. yes. Yes. No. Perhaps. No. Yes. Yes. No. Maybe. No. Yes. Yes. No. Perhaps. No. Yes. Yes. No. Maybe. No. Yes. Yes. No. Perhaps. No. Yes. Yes. No. Maybe. No. Yes. Yes. No. Perhaps. No. Yes. Inevitable now. Or not. Yes. No. Maybe. No. Yes. Yes. No. Perhaps. No. Yes.


17 posted on 06/22/2023 4:31:30 AM PDT by Worldtraveler once upon a time (Degrow government)
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To: Travis McGee

Clearly an indication that the “love of money is the root of all evil” is still in the memory of a few of us.


18 posted on 06/22/2023 4:36:26 AM PDT by Avoiding_Sulla (You can't tell where we're going if you don't know where we've been)
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To: Timber Rattler

“All Nato allies are backing a plan to give Ukraine a fast track to Nato membership”

In other words the entire Western alliance backs a fast track to nuclear war. I guess the plan to starve its citizens to death by reducing food production was going to take too long. Nato membership for Ukraine MAKES NO SENSE unless Western leaders purposely want to destroy their countries. Who would that benefit? Only China.


19 posted on 06/22/2023 4:52:17 AM PDT by Brooklyn Attitude (I went to bed on November 3rd 2020 and woke up in 1984.)
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20 posted on 06/22/2023 5:09:56 AM PDT by Travis McGee (EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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