Maybe...
Posted on 09/25/2025 3:47:28 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
UNITED NATIONS — Europe alone is not responsible for helping Ukraine bring an end to its war with Russia, EU top diplomat Kaja Kallas warned Thursday.
That is particularly true when considering President Donald Trump’s pledge to halt the fighting, she said in an interview on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly.
“He was the one who promised to stop the killing,” Kallas said. “So it can’t be on us.”
Her comments come as Ukraine and its allies try to divine the meaning of Trump’s sudden about-face on the war between Kyiv and Moscow.
In a Truth Social post earlier this week, Trump wrote that he believed Ukraine “is in a position to fight and WIN all of Ukraine back in its original form.” He added that this would come with the support of the European Union and NATO, which “can do what they want” with American weapons.
While many European officials welcomed the more supportive shift in tone toward Ukraine, some cautioned that Trump might be suggesting that he intends to pull back American involvement and absolve Washington of responsibility.
There is no NATO without the U.S., said Kallas, the high representative for foreign affairs of the European Commission.
“America is the greatest ally in NATO. So if you talk about what NATO should do, that also means what America should do,” she said.
(Excerpt) Read more at politico.com ...
Not our problem.
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“ If you cant handle the war, why dud you foment the war?”
Diversion.
Indeed, when was Europe ever capable of supporting themselves unless the U.S. came to their aid.
That is exactly why Trump has forced NATO aligned countries of Europe to increase their defense spending.
As it is, Germany, England and France cannot sustain a war for more than two weeks, They have neither the materiel, munitions nor men under arms to do so.
Why are they buying Russian energy?
Mark
Tell the EU to surrender to Trump and put him in total control of Europe.
This guy is QUICK!
They aren’t even remotely going it alone.
We are pledged to defend every single one of them and that costs a lot. We contributed billions already. We are providing all kinds of intelligence. We are producing the weapons they are buying. We are pressuring Russia with sanctions. Many other contributions.
No such thing will happen.
Trump is mocking the EU and Ukraine.
And it seems like the aggressive demands by Congress and the EU for Trump to impose draconian sanctions on Russia seem to have abruptly shut down
Maybe...
Trump has told the western European NATO allies, that they will be the primary aid deliverers to Ukraine, and the U.S. role will sell them the things that will help them do that. No doubt some of the military sales will also be done using loans (so U.S. gets some return on the sales via interest).
“The Cold War is over.”
Putin does not agree to that, never has.
Then perhaps there should be no NATO
As long as they keep getting in the way of a peace deal and keep buying oil from Russia, it’s all on them.
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We all needed a lot more Trump 20 years ago ... and almost nobody knew it.
Everything in its proper place and time I guess.
Enlighten me on the national security concerns in Ukraine.
They have the financial means to defend themselves. Italy has a GDP almost the equal of Russia. Britain, Germany, and France each have GDP that is multiples of Russia. They have a population base more than twice of Russia. They make fine machines of war on the ground, air, and sea. UK and France make fine Hydrogen bombs and missiles.
My sympathy meter is broken.
“Enlighten me on the national security concerns in Ukraine.”
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Since the 2014 Russian invasion of Crimea, the CIA has worked closely with Ukrainian intelligence services (the SBU and HUR) to counter Russian aggression. This collaboration includes providing training and sharing intelligence.
https://sofrep.com/news/covert-cia-operations-in-ukraine/
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The Central Intelligence Agency is operating in Kyiv and has been for some time, according to new reporting by the New York Times. So, while Biden has insisted on “no U.S. boots on the ground” in Ukraine, there are soft-soled operatives, otherwise known as American spies, providing intelligence and other tactical assistance to Ukraine in its war with Russia.
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There’s a lot more:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CIA_black_sites#/media/File:CIA_Secret_Prisons.svg
It’s right out in the open and everyone knows...except many of the US citizens.
wy69
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