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The NATO Alliance Is Holding Strong on Ukraine. But Fractures Are Emerging.
NYT via Yahoo ^ | January 21st, 2023 | David E. Sanger and Eric Schmitt

Posted on 01/21/2023 2:49:03 PM PST by Mariner

WASHINGTON — The billions of dollars in new arms for Ukraine announced this month — including British tanks, American fighting vehicles, and howitzers from Denmark and Sweden — are testament to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s failure to split the NATO allies after nearly a year of war. But small yet significant fractures are getting too big to hide.

The differences are over strategy for the coming year and the more immediate question of what Ukraine needs in the next few months, as both sides in the war prepare for major offensives in the spring. And although most of those debates take place behind closed doors, Britain’s impatience with the current pace of aid and Germany’s refusal to provide Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine broke out into public view this week.

When the new British foreign secretary, James Cleverly, visited Washington this week, he gathered reporters for lunch and made the case that it is possible for Ukraine to score a “victory” in the war this year if the allies move fast to exploit Russia’s weaknesses. Officials in Poland, the Baltic States and Finland have largely agreed with the British assessment.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: davidesanger; ericschmitt; leteuropedealwithit; notourwar
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To: Mariner

Of course that pro-Kremlin declaration makes you pro-Kremlin.


21 posted on 01/21/2023 5:58:48 PM PST by ansel12 (NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.)
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To: Mariner

“Your argument would be valid if Russia had the ability to swallow all of Europe. They do not now, and never will have that capability.”

You assume Russia — or, more aptly, Putin, and those who share his mindset — agrees with you.


22 posted on 01/21/2023 6:04:47 PM PST by ought-six (Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule. )
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To: ansel12

Since you are the epitome of abject stupidity, I will be gracious and attempt to edify you.

My sworn allegiance, and patriotic commitment is to the USA. Exclusively.

That’s why I detest you and your kind.

Your allegiance is to a parasitic multinational European alliance. And to a third rate eastern European country most Americans can’t find on a map. And, most of all, that allegiance is harmful to America and Americans.

A bunch of Alexander Vindeman’s.

Get it? You are the one that is Anti American. You and your kind.


23 posted on 01/21/2023 6:16:48 PM PST by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: ought-six

“You assume Russia — or, more aptly, Putin, and those who share his mindset — agrees with you.”

After the last 11 months how could they possibly think otherwise?


24 posted on 01/21/2023 6:17:59 PM PST by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: Mariner

“After the last 11 months how could they possibly think otherwise?”

Have you never heard of “lost causes?”


25 posted on 01/21/2023 6:19:13 PM PST by ought-six (Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule. )
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To: Mariner

“After the last 11 months how could they possibly think otherwise?”

Have you never heard of “lost causes?”


26 posted on 01/21/2023 6:19:48 PM PST by ought-six (Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule. )
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To: Mariner

Mariner, you just are not 100% all there.


27 posted on 01/21/2023 6:20:50 PM PST by ansel12 (NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.)
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