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NATO appoints outgoing Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte as its next secretary-general
ABC News ^ | June 26, 2024 | The Associated Press

Posted on 06/26/2024 2:35:10 AM PDT by McGruff

NATO appointed Mark Rutte as its next secretary-general on Wednesday, putting the outgoing Dutch prime minister in charge of the world’s biggest security organization at a critical time for European security as war rages in Ukraine.

Rutte’s appointment was sealed by NATO ambassadors during a meeting at the 32-nation alliance’s headquarters in Brussels. U.S. President Joe Biden and his counterparts will formally welcome him to their table at a summit in Washington on July 9-11.

The outgoing Dutch premier will take over from the current secretary general, Norway’s Jens Stoltenberg, on Oct. 1.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Ukraine; War
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1 posted on 06/26/2024 2:35:10 AM PDT by McGruff
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To: McGruff
Another NATO Clown, in what is a long list of NATO Clowns.


2 posted on 06/26/2024 2:52:43 AM PDT by JonPreston ( ✌ ☮️ )
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To: JonPreston

Seems like a career politician with no military background. We need someone like General Wesley Clark to stop those Russians.


3 posted on 06/26/2024 3:08:06 AM PDT by McGruff (Don't underestimate Joe's ability to f*** things up - Barack Obama)
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To: JonPreston

If you can’t rock the gear, don’t rock the gear unless you want to look like a doofus, which any unfit bureaucrat is going to look like trying to look military. Hell once you get to a certain age in the military you begin to look lie a doofus as well, cf Mark Milley.


4 posted on 06/26/2024 3:22:00 AM PDT by AndyJackson
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To: McGruff
"We need someone like General Wesley Clark to stop those Russians."

Sure. Give him another bite at the apple like he tried in the 1990s re: Pristina airport.

5 posted on 06/26/2024 3:22:42 AM PDT by Tench_Coxe (The woke were surprised by the reaction to the Bud Light fiasco. May there be many more surprises)
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To: McGruff

And we need NATO because?


6 posted on 06/26/2024 3:31:06 AM PDT by ComputerGuy (Heavily-medicated for your protection)
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To: JonPreston

Oh look. Mike Dukakis, just without the personality, or the tank.


7 posted on 06/26/2024 3:42:08 AM PDT by EQAndyBuzz (Trump/Burgum 2024.)
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To: JonPreston

Just wow


8 posted on 06/26/2024 4:15:08 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: McGruff

EU constantly trying to find another Neville Chamberlain.


9 posted on 06/26/2024 4:42:44 AM PDT by Rlsau1
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To: McGruff

Great. Another punk who is a politician that has let his own country be invaded by violent Muslims and Africans.


10 posted on 06/26/2024 5:01:49 AM PDT by Organic Panic (Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes)
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To: McGruff

Rutte is a presumed gay, BTW

Interesting look, NATO


11 posted on 06/26/2024 5:36:50 AM PDT by Stingray51 ( )
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To: Stingray51
They're all rainbow warriors in my book...here's Stoltenberg


12 posted on 06/26/2024 5:46:55 AM PDT by mac_truck (aide toi et dieu t'aidera)
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13 posted on 06/26/2024 5:48:56 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: McGruff

Some may recall when El Trumpo pushed the Euroweenies to start paying up. Then the Germans said the EU needed their own military....only to discover they could must enough men...out of a population over 500 million.
Then they proposed allowing non EU residents to join....but the soon dropped that idea lol.


14 posted on 06/26/2024 6:41:47 AM PDT by rrrod (6)
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To: McGruff
"Outgoing" = "loser"

Figures.

15 posted on 06/26/2024 6:51:30 AM PDT by Trailerpark Badass (“There should be a whole lot more going on than throwing bleach,” said one woman)
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To: Trailerpark Badass

What a laugh. Pathetic but funny. A loser gets “promoted” to lead a bunch of losers.


16 posted on 06/26/2024 7:56:24 AM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp??)
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To: McGruff

This is the WEF globalist that was driven out of office for leading a war on farming in the Netherlands.


17 posted on 06/26/2024 8:47:13 AM PDT by Kazan
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I’m sure his appointment is in no way a means to thwart the foreign policies of the guy replacing him as Prime Minister. /s


18 posted on 06/26/2024 7:15:44 PM PDT by Ultra Sonic 007 (There is nothing new under the sun.)
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