Posted on 06/01/2023 8:25:16 AM PDT by McGruff
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy pressed his case for Ukraine to be part of the NATO military alliance as he joined European leaders on Thursday in Moldova ahead of an expected counter-offensive against Russia's invasion.
Addressing leaders at the start of the gathering, Zelenskiy asked NATO members to take a clear decision on whether to admit Ukraine and also reiterated calls for Western fighter jets to protect Ukrainian skies after another deadly strike on Kyiv.
He spoke as divisions between NATO members spilled out into the open over the speed of Ukraine's accession, with some fearing that a hasty move could bring the alliance closer to direct confrontation with Russia.
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Gee, ya think? Might as well rip the bandaid off and get this over with.
NATO scares little putin
so let Ukraine join NATO asap
If they admit Ukraine to NATO, the USA should withdraw from the alliance immediately.
I see this as no more than an attempt to entangle the US against the will of the citizenry in something we have no business being involved in as a combatant.
You might want to run that by metmom@aol, it’s not of any interest to me.
A divided Germany joined NATO. A similar standard could and should be applied to Ukraine. At minimum a maximalist position like that must be used in negotiations with a revanchist Russia.
The US will NOT withdraw from NATO
The US is NATO. NATO is the US.
No, perhaps not.
But since the effort is being employed as a rank, naked mechanism to draw us by obligation into a conflict we have not business being involved in, we damn well should.
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