Posted on 10/22/2022 11:30:49 PM PDT by UMCRevMom@aol.com
Exclusive Europe will respond to Russia's nuclear strike if it is struck – Latvian Defense Minister
Latvia condemns countries that do not provide Ukraine with military and technical assistance in the fight against Russia. This was stated by Latvian Defense Minister Artis Pabriks in an exclusive interview with the Present Time within the framework of the Riga Conference. He believes that a clear position and assistance to Kiev now will determine alliances and cooperation between European countries in the future.
Pabriks, in particular, accused those countries that do not count on Ukraine's victory in this war of betraying the ideals of the EU and NATO: "Morally, Ukraine has already won, psychologically, it has already won.
Now victory is a technical issue and the question of how quickly other states of the world will understand that the only outcome of this war can be the victory of Ukraine. And we know that not all states, even in Europe, think and say so, but this position of the member states of the European Union and NATO is very close to betrayal," the minister said.
"It's not a bluff." Latvian Defense Minister on the possibility of Putin using nuclear weapons
Commenting on the changing nature of the war, which has shifted from fighting to the destruction of the civilian infrastructure of Ukraine, Pabriks said that this does not change the position of Ukraine's allies. Even if Russia decides to use nuclear weapons against Ukraine, the West will not stop helping it to fight aggression. Pabriks added that European countries would respond to such a possible strike.
Artis Pabriks is taking part in the annual Riga Conference on Security and Foreign Policy, the main topic of which this year was the war in Ukraine. Currently, he is an information partner of the conference and conducts several special broadcasts from this event.
The conference discusses strategic cooperation at the regional and pan-European level, the new strategic concept of NATO, the hybrid threat from Russia and other countries, as well as economic sanctions.
Watch and read the full interview of Edgar Rinkevich on our website in the near future.
The software bots are no doubt reading the web pages I have open.
When I went to YouTube in another page, it brought me the “Threads” bombing scene. I’d never actually watched it before.
There is a bit of language in there so be forewarned.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MrHoMSRZOS4
Amen.
Latvia, the size of Vermont with the population of Idaho.
There we go, more Nazi bullsh!t. Now Latvia is Nazi or has a parade or something.
Didn’t Putin rehabilitate Stalin?
The RT director of broadcasting Anton Krasovsky has, recently, suggested drowning or burning Ukrainian children, plays down rapes by Russian soldiers in Ukraine, says Ukraine should not exist and Ukrainians who resist Russia should be shot.
The response from the Putin-tards is, but but but but.... veteran parades in the baltic, statues in Ukraine, phoyoshooped bracelets.
There’s a clear difference between overt enthusiasm for committing crimes against humanity NOW and in the immediate future, and remembering/celebrating the past.
All this wank about fearing resurgent Nazi Germany os classic Kremlin deflection with galactic sized hypocrisy.
The clear and present dangers are - in this order - Russia partying like it’s 1870 ALREADY but dping it with resurgent Stalinist motifs and practices, then Deep State, then China.
Germany hasn’t even got a functional equivalent to the Nazi Party yet. Even if it could happen, it won’t happen this side of 2030.
The European Union will reform. If the Warsaw Pact region combined with the Scandinavian countries and Italy are strengthened by their unity, the French/German domination of the European Union will be eroded and the “two tier” model proposed way back in the 90s may be the most viable model.
The UK could join Poland and the Scandis in that. Let western Europe be pacifist and woke, the rest of Europe can be more tight wing and more focused on defense and borders. American can then step out of the day-to-day defense of Europe.
None of that is possible if Russia’s bloodlust is encouraged. Which does make you wonder who the real deep state Soros cheerleaders are... The defenders of Ukraine, or the pro-genocide, pro-invasions, pro Cold War 2, pro neosoviet Iron Curtain, pro MIC for decades needed to manage it all...
Respond with what? A strongly worded letter?
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“It’s not a bluff.” Latvian Defense Minister on the possibility of Putin using nuclear weapons
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Why would Putin use nukes when he’s able to pull the plug on Ukraine’s power grid using cheap $10~$20k drone bombs?
all the while hiding behind someone else
“Russia has a massive 6,000+ super powerful nukes, the most powerful on the planet.”
Oh, puh-lease.
Would you please cite your source for the statement above? Thank you.
The United States caused the defeat of Germany in World War II, not the USSR and Russia. Russia was merely on hand with ground troops to fill in the eastern European void caused by American bombing.
Subsequently, Germany’s totalitarian political machine was dismantled piece by piece, but Russia’s totalitarian political machine was left intact. Even in the 1990s, when the Soviet Union fell, the Kremlin remained intact.
Now the reunited West is feeling the results of its failure to dismantle the Russian political machine. World War II was caused because Germany reacted to Russia’s Bolshevik revolution by forcibly creating its own European power base. After World War II the West created the same type of power base in NATO, but did so voluntarily, using democracies. And still the Russian bear is attacking its western neighbors.
There is only one way this can end, to internally dismantle the Russian power base once and for all. The problem is the West’s distaste for wading into Russia, for taking control of a place we want nothing to do with.
His own diseased mouth. The conversation in question was broadcast on RT and recorded by multiple viewers who are putting them up on social media. The obvious ones are nexta_tv and Julia Davis News, but there are others.
https://twitter.com/yarotrof/status/1584094376334016512?t=IqbOqETCGZ89-9tLH9Q6gQ&s=19
I’ve seen the clips mentioned on Ukrainian, Russian and Belorussian sites. It seems authentic. Obviously the best source would be the original RT broadcast, if that’s available.
Not all commentary on it comes from western sources...
https://247newsbulletin.com/opinion/345720.html?amp
If anything, the Soviets enabled Nazi Germany with the Non-Aggression Pact, they were the biggest suppliers of the Nazi War Machine when they were overrunning Norway, the Low Countries, and France, and bombing France.
Then when Hitler turned on them, they had the gall to turn to Britain and say, "You and me pals, right?"
s/b the Low Countries, and France, and bombing Britain.
pdate on Russian operations against Ukraine for October 23, 2022
- Russian missile and drone strikes continue targeting and crippling Ukraine's power grid,
- Ukraine is attempting to target a major dam at Nova Kakhkovka to flood the Dnieper River and disrupt Russian supply lines to Kherson city;
- Western analysts admit Ukraine is in a critical situation and risks being completely cut off from its Western sponsors;
- The US is putting pieces in place to set up a buffer zone in Ukraine to prevent Russian forces from taking western Ukraine and perhaps even Odesa to prevent what's left of Ukraine from becoming landlocked.
Is NATO foolish enough to try to massively reinforce Ukrainian troops if Russia stages a major break out? Here is the reality–the 101st alone is not a sufficient force and NATO would require MONTHS–let me reiterate that point–MONTHS to round up and deploy the thousands of troops that would be required to pose a credible threat to a Russian advance. Do you think Russia will sit idly doing nothing while NATO scrambles to assemble a force to invade Ukraine and challenge Russia? Ain’t going to happen.
I agree with Andrei’s observation that Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin’s first call to Russia’s Shoigu since May was probably to reassure the Russians that the reports coming out about the 101st Airborne Division element in Romania was hype and that the United States had no intention of deploying that unit to Ukraine. The CBS report target audience is the American public. Keep feeding them bullshit in a desperate attempt to convince them that America should be fighting in Ukraine. I do not think most Americans have the stomach for another feckless foreign military misadventure.
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