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NATO Agrees Ukraine Will Become a Member
Newsweek ^ | April 21, 2023 | Isabel van Brugen

Posted on 04/21/2023 5:11:49 AM PDT by McGruff

All NATO members have agreed that Ukraine will eventually join the military alliance, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg announced on Friday.

Stoltenberg's statement to reporters came ahead of the 11th meeting of the Ukrainian Defense Group at the Ramstein Air Base in Germany. However, Stoltenberg fell short of offering a timeline on when Ukraine could become a member of NATO and said the main focus now is to ensure the country prevails in the ongoing conflict with Russia.

In September 2022, Ukraine announced a bid for fast-track membership of NATO after Russian President Vladimir Putin said Moscow had annexed four Ukrainian regions partially controlled by Russia. Should Ukraine become a member of the military alliance, NATO would be obligated to take action to defend it against Russia in the ongoing war.

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Game Changer!
1 posted on 04/21/2023 5:11:49 AM PDT by McGruff
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To: McGruff

One more step closer to sending the children of conservatives to die for the globalists.


2 posted on 04/21/2023 5:13:05 AM PDT by Erik Latranyi (This is the end of the Republic....because we could not keep it.)
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To: Erik Latranyi

Absolute, unequivocal bull shit.


3 posted on 04/21/2023 5:14:25 AM PDT by bert ( (KWE. NP. N.C. +12) Juneteenth is inequality day )
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To: McGruff

Our politicians will find Russia to be the least of their worries.


4 posted on 04/21/2023 5:15:26 AM PDT by bk1000 (Banned from Breitbart)
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To: McGruff

This would be a really stupid move. But then the west has become very stupid.


5 posted on 04/21/2023 5:16:23 AM PDT by dforest (All of America has derailed.)
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To: McGruff

Does the Senate have to vote in this? It’s a treaty with a country already at war. WTF?


6 posted on 04/21/2023 5:17:00 AM PDT by HYPOCRACY (This is the dystopian future we've been waiting for!)
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To: dforest

Fortunately, the neo isolationist voices have no say in the matter


7 posted on 04/21/2023 5:18:08 AM PDT by bert ( (KWE. NP. N.C. +12) Juneteenth is inequality day )
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To: McGruff

NATO members better hold on tight to their wallets. Here comes Ukskyyyy the moocher.


8 posted on 04/21/2023 5:18:36 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (It's time to indict the Dung Beetle Party's token affirmative action chubby cheeked shyster lawyer.)
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To: bk1000

The end result of this war will be the exact opposite of what Putin intended.

The entirety of Russia’s western border will now be guarded by a rearmed and reenergized NATO.

Russia’s population collapse will continue leaving the only possible future for them as a vasal state of China.


9 posted on 04/21/2023 5:21:32 AM PDT by Renfrew (Muscovia delenda est)
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To: McGruff

That’s not what he said. But…it’s ok…people just report what you want to hear.


10 posted on 04/21/2023 5:21:46 AM PDT by Vermont Lt
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To: McGruff

Exactly! NATO agrees, it’s time for WWIII. Blind, warmongering imbeciles.


11 posted on 04/21/2023 5:24:10 AM PDT by hardspunned (Former DC GOP globalist stooge)
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Taiwan Next!


12 posted on 04/21/2023 5:27:00 AM PDT by McGruff (Don't underestimate Joe's ability to f*** things up - Barack Obama)
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All NATO members have agreed that Ukraine will eventually join the military alliance

This is insanity and could well start WWIII but this time it will be with nukes. My fear is that if NATO joins in actively, Putin will sense that Russia is over and say, "what the hell let the nukes fly."

For the record I am anti Putin but am a realist about the dangers of this. China would be overjoyed as this would leave them as the remaining superpower.

13 posted on 04/21/2023 5:28:11 AM PDT by cpdiii (cane cutter-deckhand-roughneck-oil field trash- drilling fluid tech-geologist-pilot- pharmacist)
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To: McGruff

No reason for Russia not to take the whole thing now instead of reaching a reasonable negotiated settlement.

The Neocons will fight to the last US Dollar and the last drop of Ukrainian blood.


14 posted on 04/21/2023 5:29:42 AM PDT by FLT-bird
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This is on the same level as the USSR putting missiles in Cuba - extremely provocative.

But don’t get me wrong. This foolishness is just a response to Putin’s invasion. Putin overreacted. And now NATO is overreacting. This is exactly how World War I started.


15 posted on 04/21/2023 5:31:41 AM PDT by Leaning Right (The steal is real.)
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To: McGruff

World War 3...here we come...


16 posted on 04/21/2023 5:37:34 AM PDT by Sacajaweau ( )
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Anyone thinking this is a good thing is damn retarded. Having said that, this is bs, no way they all agreed. That being said, if it ever happens, every pro Uke here should go and also send their families and friends. This is what they want. This will be the end of the rest of the west. The rest of our measly rights will be crushed because ‘war’ and then it’ll be welcome new global citizen. That’s assuming one survives the nuke exchange or political prisoner camps or the conscription.


17 posted on 04/21/2023 5:40:08 AM PDT by Bulwyf
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To: Leaning Right

Yes. Interlocking treaties and alliances that dragged everyone in. Millions died horribly. It has been sixty years since “The Guns of August” was written, but even people who would speak out against this appear to be ignorant of it.


18 posted on 04/21/2023 5:43:14 AM PDT by rlmorel ("If you think tough men are dangerous, just wait until you see what weak men are capable of." JBP)
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To: McGruff
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg announced on Friday.

Oh good - some nasty, elitist Euro-hole gets to determine our kid's future for us.

19 posted on 04/21/2023 6:01:44 AM PDT by AAABEST ( NY/DC/CA media/political/military industrial complex DELENDA EST)
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To: Sacajaweau
World War 3...here we come...

only if Russia starts it!

NATO is a defensive organization


20 posted on 04/21/2023 6:04:33 AM PDT by canuck_conservative (there would be no more need for NATO, if Russia could just stop attacking its neighbors)
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