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Wednesday, February 2, 2022

NATO -- Strategic Asset or Liability?

Pat Buchanan Pat Buchanan Feb 01, 2022 

Is the territorial integrity of Ukraine a cause worth America's fighting a war with Russia?  No, it is not.   And this is why President Joe Biden has declared that the U.S. will not become militarily involved should Russia invade Ukraine.  Biden is saying that, no matter our sentiments, our vital interests dictate staying out of a Russia-Ukraine war.

But why then does Secretary of State Antony Blinken continue to insist there is an "open door" for Ukraine to NATO membership -- when that would require us to do what U.S. vital interests dictate we not do: fight a war with Russia for Ukraine?  NATO's "open door policy" is based on Article 10, which declares that NATO members, "may, by unanimous agreement, invite any other European State ... to accede to this Treaty."...........If we will not fight for the independence and territorial integrity of Ukraine, the second largest nation in Europe with a population of over 40 million people, why would we go to war with a nuclear-armed Russia over Estonia, a tiny and almost indefensible nation with a population of 1.3 million?..............To Read More....


 

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