Posted on 03/25/2022 8:15:49 AM PDT by GonzoII
Joe Biden raised the stakes with Russia over its unprovoked invasion of Ukraine by warning that Nato would be forced to respond if the Kremlin resorted to using chemical weapons.
Speaking in the aftermath of emergency Nato and G7 summits in Brussels, the US president said that any retaliation would be proportional, though he would not confirm that he would insist on military action.....
“We would respond,” Biden said, in response to a question about what Nato would do. “We would respond if he uses it. The nature of the response would depend on the nature of the use.”
The US wanted to see Russia thrown out of the G20 club of leading economic nations, although Biden complained that wasn’t immediately possible because “Indonesia and others do not agree”.
Biden and other western leaders have become fearful that a struggling Russia may try to end Ukraine’s stubborn resistance in the war that has already lasted a month and claimed thousands of lives, with a chemical – or biological or nuclear – attack.
This week it emerged that the White House had set up a special “Tiger Team” to work out how the US would respond if such an attack should take place. But on Thursday, Biden also said: “It would trigger a response in kind” – meaning it would reflect what had taken place.
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On what basis? Under what treaty or international principle is the US obligated (or empowered) to come to the Ukraine’s defense if the Union of Putin Socialist Republics drops bug-bombs on them?
To say Putin is a madman is to accuse him of acting irrationally. What do United States has been doing in Ukraine setting up bio weapons labs NATO training and who knows what else it’s entirely predictable what’s happening right now.
Heh Well I guess technically you’re correct gunpowder is a chemical weapon lol
Katerina Vladimirova “Putin has gone out of his way to avoid killing civilians.”
You mean like in Bucha?
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