Posted on 06/15/2023 6:51:28 PM PDT by Mariner
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Thursday that a loss to Russia could ultimately force the U.S. to choose between the “collapse of NATO” or going to war.
“If Ukraine would lose, if Russia would occupy Ukraine, Russia will continue going towards Baltic countries, Poland, etcetera,” Zelensky said in an interview with NBC News. “And they will start war with one of the NATO countries, and at this moment, the U.S. would have to choose the collapse of NATO or go to war.”
The Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania are all members of NATO, as is Poland. An attack on any member of the alliance is “considered an attack against them all” under the treaty organization’s principle of collective defense.
Zelensky brought up the possibility of NATO involvement in response to the suggestion from some Republican politicians that the U.S. needs to limit its spending on the war in Ukraine.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis — a 2024 Republican presidential candidate — previously described the war as a “territorial dispute,” while arguing that the U.S. should not become “further entangled” in the conflict. Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) also warned last fall that a Republican majority in the House would not write a “blank check” to Ukraine for aid.
“Is any candidate or senator who thinks it costs too much for the United States to support Ukraine, is he ready to go to war, to fight, to send his kids,” Zelensky said Thursday, adding, “Because anyway, they will have to do this if NATO gets involved.”
“It’s not Ukraine against Russia,” he said. “Russia is fighting against the civilized world.”
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Well said gleeaikin.
They’ll keep it going
It’s only our money and Uke blood
Pinging the piano penis playing pervert propagandizing troll peanut gallery ?
If you have any definitive evidence any person not agreeing with you is a “paid Russian troll”, present it. Otherwise, I’d submit virtually every person posting pro-Zelensky/pro-WW3 spam are paid Sorosbot globalist Stalinazi trolls designed to wreak havoc on Free Republic. Over 90% of FReepers who participated in a poll last year oppose dumping money and military resources into a failed, profoundly corrupt globalist state led by a puppet who played piano with his pecker on television. That anyone would clearly exposes (pun intended) themselves as a globalist troll.
Have a nice day.
BTW, one of your fellow globalist Zelenskybots posted this today:
“I don’t want to see Russia conquered. I want it eradicated.”
— MeganC
Do you agree that 150,000,000 individuals should be exterminated to serve the globalist/international sodomite agenda ?
Utter nonsense
Cronos what is your ethnicity and what did Russians do to your people?
There’s something else afoot. That isn’t it. Has to do with revelations.
It’s “Revelation” as in “the Revelation of St John”
And, no, this isn’t linked to that.
Ok, if you say so. It’s not like the UN was founded to be the leader of the new order and NATO. It can’t be the big leaders of these countries are paving the way and working towards it
Nah, never happen.
You seriously have no idea what you're talking about, right?
Russia invaded Ukraine and grabbed Crimea and the Dontesk People's Republic + Luhansk People's republic - in 2014 -- not even a decade ago
What "conflict in the region has gone on for decades" are you talking about? you don't have a clue
You seriously have no idea what you're talking about, right?
349 political parties are registered in the Ukraine - the Ukrainian government banned the 11 which have ties to the Kremlin
Altogether those parties accounted for 49 of the 450 seats in Ukrainian parliament, or approximately 11%.
Furthermore, Zelensky wasn't the one who implemented the ban. It was the Ukrainian parliament. There is a sort of war cabinet in existence and there is broad consensus amongst the political parties of Ukraine to present a united front.
and finally, the 11 Kremlin backed parties weren't "cancelled" - they were suspended from engaging in any political activities while Russia is still at war with Ukraine
Mariner - by your Putin posts you show you aren’t American.
I hold dual citizenship - having moved here in 2010.
Indeed, the signers of the Declaration of Independence considered the current King of the UK a tyrant--even though he was not Putin. Go figure.
Just when I thought I was out... they pull me back in.
Sorry, you wouldn’t know a thing regardless. I’ve seen your opinions on Ukraine lol.
Oh shut the hell up. Ukraine is top notch corrupt. Who gives a damn. There’s enough major problems at home. They need to be addressed. I don’t care what they do over there. EU aren’t the good guys either. Screw it.
It got you setup for a war by a corrupt president. Ww1 and 2 happened because certain powers wanted them to.
“oh shut the hell up”
I can see why you are for Putin.
No, I’m for Alberta first. I’m ok with Americans doing the same.
I did spend time in Ukraine though, the amount of child trafficking was through the roof.
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