Top NATO official calls on business leaders to prepare for 'wartime scenario'

Reuters ^ | 11/25/24

[EBH]

BRUSSELS, Nov 25 (Reuters) - A top NATO military official on Monday urged businesses to be prepared for a wartime scenario and adjust their production and distribution lines accordingly, in order to be less vulnerable to blackmail from countries such as Russia and China.

"If we can make sure that all crucial services and goods can be delivered no matter what, then that is a key part of our deterrence," the chair of NATO's military committee, Dutch Admiral Rob Bauer, said in Brussels.

Speaking at an event of the European Policy Centre think tank, he described deterrence as going far beyond military capability alone, since all available instruments could and would be used in war.

"We're seeing that with the growing number of sabotage acts, and Europe has seen that with energy supply," Bauer said.

"We thought we had a deal with Gazprom, but we actually had a deal with Mr Putin. And the same goes for Chinese-owned infrastructure and goods. We actually have a deal with (Chinese President) Xi (Jinping)."

[EBH]

Is the West finally catching on?

[EBH]

Blackmail vs. sanctions....

Is there really a difference.

[PGR88]

This time the suicide of the West will be successful

[laconic]

If they held an honest election on whether to join this war, what percentage of the Euro and US populations would vote Yes. I imagine less than 10 percent, not that the warmongers care.

[Frank Drebin]

More double speak. A 'wartime' scenario but they don't actually mean war. The headline is intended to stir up fear and uncertainty. The real news is that they get much of their goods and materials from the very nations they are 'against'.

Something smells fishy.

[GailA]

Only the war mongers who will get super rich.

[Empire_of_Liberty]

Not if we’re still listening to Brussels.

[DesertRhino]

“”We thought we had a deal with Gazprom, but we actually had a deal with Mr Putin.”

Hey moron, he still sends you gas. The only interruptions were when you refused to allow the Pratt and Whitney compressors our for service in Canada to return to Russia for the Nordstream, and when you decided “payment” would be in money you deposited in seized Russian accounts.
And then of course, you blew up Nordstream.

Europeans are annoying and dishonest on a good day. But they are abusing the privilege these days.

[doc maverick]

“Not if we’re still listening to Brussels.”
https://www.brusselstimes.com/913943/barack-obama-is-coming-to-belgium
Obama the destroyer has visited Brussels several times recently.
What was he doing on his European visits?

[redfreedom]

The operative word being “honest”. In the democrat run paradises and honest election is as rare as hen’s teeth.

[BitWielder1]

If you don't want war, stop provoking it.
The corrupt Communist war hawks of the West are the belligerent party.
The safety of the world right now hinges on Putin keeping his head cool until Jan 20.

It's no small irony that Russia is suffering from the same mind poison the Soviet Union spread for 70 years.

[montag813]

Just split the damn thing and call it a day, so we can focus on important things during Trump's inauguaration, like the Eagles vs. Lions NFC title game