Posted on 03/24/2021 10:33:52 AM PDT by Olog-hai
United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken delivered a keynote speech on Wednesday addressing US ties with its allies, threats from Russia and China, and global challenges on his second day of meetings with NATO partners.
He reserved his strongest words for criticism of China and called for a united position among US allies.
Blinken reiterated US support for NATO, saying, “America is fully committed to NATO, including Article 5,” the mechanism that ensures mutual defense among NATO members.
He called for a reinvigoration of military capabilities and readiness, including on nuclear deterrents and digital offenses. Several US administrations have called on other NATO members to increase their defense spending to an alliance target of 2% of their gross domestic product.
Blinken also said global threats such as COVID-19 and climate change must play a central role in decisions. In reference to the fraying of transatlantic ties under US former President Donald Trump, Blinken acknowledged that trust in the US “has been shaken to some degree over the past few years,” and that it seemed to many that “the US has forgotten who its friends really are.” He said the new US administration would strengthen its commitment to allies and alliances.
Blinken also slammed China’s “coercive behavior” and vowed to outcompete Beijing. …
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Under the leadership of Joe Biden?????
And they’ll be LESS likely to follow the leadership of Kamala Harris!!!!!
Barrack The Third is proud of the new West China.
Work, work, work, work, work...
Good luck, bozo.
Watch as this Dim administration publicly does one thing while privately scheming to do the opposite.
Biden isn’t leading anything. We don’t have a President of the United States.
Predictable. When a leftist doesn’t get their way, rather than fight, they run to what they perceive to be authority.
There is no authority, China is the authority, and they own us.
“US Secretary of State Blinken calls on NATO allies to help counter ‘aggressive and coercive’ China”
“Under the leadership of Joe Biden?????”
Their reply...”We’re sorry bud...you’re on your own!”.
“And they’ll be LESS likely to follow the leadership of Kamala Harris!!!!!”
The reason Harris is there is not for dealing with China. When she’s installed as POTUS, her purpose is to crush the likes of you and me, and she will take great delight in doing just that.
I just can’t take someone named Blinken seriously.
Trump would not ask for help in dealing with these issues. He would just do what is necessary.
It’s all for show. China owns this usurper administration and everyone in it. They own our Senate and Congress, our intelligence services and they own our federal law enforcement. They own our universities, Pentagon and everyone in it, whether they own up to it or not. The American people need to start making a lot of rope.
Stinkin’ Blinken got more than just punked; he got his ass kicked a country mile.
and they’re supposed to do what?
Well, we have Secretary Blinken and we have a pretty good idea who “Nod” is, but who’s Wynken in the administration; ‘President Harris’?
Any help the Europeans would provide to help Taiwan against China would be token and will make no difference.
What a pussy...
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