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Blinken says NATO ‘ready’ for war as US embassy accuses Russia of war crime
Nypost ^ | 03/04/2022 | Callie Patteson

Posted on 03/04/2022 8:06:33 AM PST by ChicagoConservative27

Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Friday that the NATO alliance is “ready” for conflict with Russia if necessary after the US Embassy in Ukraine accused Russian President Vladimir Putin Friday of committing a war crime by ordering an attack on Europe’s largest nuclear power plant.

“Ours is a defensive alliance,” Blinken said prior to a meeting with NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg in Brussels. “We seek no conflict. But if conflict comes to us, we are ready for it, and we will defend every inch of NATO territory.”

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KEYWORDS: blinken; nato; ready; war
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To: dfwgator

While that is undeniably true, the poor people of Russia are
the unsung victims in all this.

Their nation is going through tremendous upheaval because of
these decisions.

I pity both nations populace.

I don’t have an axe to grind against either nations people.


81 posted on 03/05/2022 7:39:40 PM PST by DoughtyOne (I pledge allegiance to the flag of the U S of A, and to the REPUBLIC for which it stands.)
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To: DoughtyOne

I learned from a Bald and Bankrupt video, that the Ukrainians have a saying, “When the owners fight, their slaves suffer.”

So true.


82 posted on 03/05/2022 7:43:20 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: dfwgator

Yes, good point.


83 posted on 03/05/2022 8:24:34 PM PST by DoughtyOne (I pledge allegiance to the flag of the U S of A, and to the REPUBLIC for which it stands.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

“We’ll meet again...”


84 posted on 03/05/2022 8:29:48 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Blinken engineered the Afghan pullout.


85 posted on 04/08/2022 8:24:46 PM PDT by Brilliant
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