Posted on 07/03/2024 5:15:32 AM PDT by JonPreston
Ukraine will be told it is currently too corrupt to join Nato, in a major blow to Volodymyr Zelensky.
The alliance will request “additional steps” from Kyiv before membership talks progress, a senior official in the US State Department said.
The position will be set out in writing in the Nato communique to be signed at the alliance’s annual summit on July 9.
Mr Zelensky, Ukraine’s president, is pushing for swift Nato membership after the war ends to protect from future invasion. It would compel the US and Europe to come to the defence of Kyiv in the event of any Russian attack.
But corruption has been a sticking point in recent talks between Nato member states over whether to offer Ukraine a concrete timetable for joining the Western military alliance.
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The why is the USA in it?.................
That’s one hell of a thing to say to the 51st state of America!
Too corrupt for NATO? That seems like a high bar to clear.
Maybe they should hold an election to see if this is really the case.
“We could make them less corrupt if we send them more money.”
Allowing Ukraine to join NATO would be the equivalent of the USSR placing nuclear missiles in Cuba in 1962.
You read my mind.
And yes, I know why. (Globalists and Leftists are currently running it.)
Corrupt YouCrayne is no better than Ruzzia.
Except we don’t give our Tax Dollars to Ruzzia.
Because US taxpayers are NATO’s cash cow.
Doug Burgum: “We’re at war with Russia, we just haven’t sent troops yet. Sending money to Ukraine isn’t irresponsible, it’s a bargain.”
I’m glad Doug Burgum made this statement as it completely eliminates him from the VP decision.
I notice there are a plethora of threads debunking the Mrs. Zelensky Bugatti” thing.
My take on it is, when you sent tens or hundreds of billions of dollars to a completely corrupt regime, with no strings attached and no oversight, only a Leftist would expect they wouldn’t use it to buy houses, jewelry, and cars.
After all, that is what Leftists do. And in the end, whether they misuse the money themselves, or support those that do, they are all the same.
That would be my take as well.
the Kiev chickens are coming home to roost...no Bugatti roadster for you!
Give Israel back to Palestine and move everyone to Ukraine. At least they will know how to fight.
Sniff sniff sniff...I smell successful peace negotations.
Corruption in Ukraine. A face saving way to deny membership.
My brother once told a black co-worker: “You didn’t get demoted because you’re black. It’s because you’re stupid”.
I noticed also. There must be a Zeeper notification system that is enabled when it becomes necessary to flood the information zone with MSM rebuttal. It makes things highly suspicious, especially given today's Ukraine-to-NATO corruption stories.
That’s a good take.
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