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Obama at NATO Summit: An Attack Against One Member State Should be Attack Against All of Us
Townhall.com ^ | September 5, 2014 | Daniel Doherty

Posted on 09/05/2014 10:32:06 AM PDT by Kaslin

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Nothing but empty words by the current occupant of 1600 Pennsylvania Ave, the socalled "Leader" of the free world
1 posted on 09/05/2014 10:32:06 AM PDT by Kaslin
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I thought that was always one of the basic principles of NATO, that an attack on one member was an attack on all of them. Obama’s wording seems designed to weaken that.


2 posted on 09/05/2014 10:33:17 AM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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To: Verginius Rufus

Ukraine is not a member of NATO.


4 posted on 09/05/2014 10:36:45 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: Kaslin
Dear zer0,
go sit on your throne and shut up. We're busy ... and you have nothing but distraction. Would someone from congress please shut zer0 up!
5 posted on 09/05/2014 10:37:09 AM PDT by no-to-illegals (Scrutinize our government and Secure the Blessing of Freedom and Justice)
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There is a good example of the way Obama’s going to deal with any ‘attack’ on NATO nations (sorry Ukraine, you're not it). Look at ISIS, ISIL, IS whatever.

Obama led anything will seek to destroy but will downgrade and make them ‘manageable’.

You can't surrender to dead terrorists, you know.

6 posted on 09/05/2014 10:39:33 AM PDT by Sir Napsalot (Pravda + Useful Idiots = CCCP; JournOList + Useful Idiots = DopeyChangey!)
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“Should”? Weasel wording again.


7 posted on 09/05/2014 10:41:49 AM PDT by SueRae (It isn't over. In God We Trust.)
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To: Kaslin

YET_ANOTHER_RED_LINE_PING!


8 posted on 09/05/2014 10:41:59 AM PDT by The Duke ("Half a wit is better than none!")
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To: Verginius Rufus

The real problem is that we have NO IDEA what the truth is. Obama says whatever, and these guys can put on a better productiion than Steven Spielberg. Putin knows Obama is a manchurian president, and he could easilly called him out for many crimes, that he simply continues to only hint at. They are pretending to have animosity.

What if this is all a plan to put Ukraine in Russians hands? While feigning opposition. This pretense is exactly what Narco Nation’s presidents do in the face the drug trafficking and criminal consequences.

The Deception Called out about Soros in Ukraine
http://www.westernjournalism.com/soros-funded-liberals-abandon-ukraine-putin/

The author claims NATO is the most pro US organization in thw world, but I think the organization has obviously been compromised years ago. Afghanistan is flooding world markets with cheap, pure, dangerous, heroin while NATO nations see no evil.

Soros Undue Influence in NATO Since 2000
http://www.nato.int/multi/photos/2000/m001109a.htm

NATO compromised by Soros et al
https://libyanfreepress.wordpress.com/category/soros/


9 posted on 09/05/2014 10:42:28 AM PDT by mgist (Semper Vigils)
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..."should be".....“It is a binding, treaty obligation,”

I don't get it? "Should be" and "binding" don't seem to fit. Is he speaking in Obama language?

10 posted on 09/05/2014 10:43:00 AM PDT by mosaicwolf (Strength and Honor)
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To: Verginius Rufus

True, “should” seems to be saying that the NATO alliance to defend Europe from Russia, is more of a suggestion of an alliance now.

This is sure a long ways from Reagan, and even George W. who wanted Ukraine in NATO, the only thing that save the free world from Russia before, was the certainty of NATO unity and resolve.


11 posted on 09/05/2014 10:43:23 AM PDT by ansel12 (LEGAL immigrants, 30 million 1980-2012, continues to remake the nation's electorate for democrats)
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Should be Attack Against All of Us?
I thought that’s what NATO was all about!...................


12 posted on 09/05/2014 10:44:43 AM PDT by Red Badger (If you compromise with evil, you just get more evil..........................)
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By golly, he's gonna draw a red line!

That'll show 'em!

13 posted on 09/05/2014 10:45:23 AM PDT by colorado tanker
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To: no-to-illegals

Hear, hear


14 posted on 09/05/2014 10:45:53 AM PDT by Kaslin (He needed the ignorant to reelect him, and he got them. Now we all have to pay the consequenses)
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Right, Ukraine is not a member of NATO, but Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania are, and all have Russian-speaking minorities. They could be next on Putin’s menu after he takes as much of Ukraine as he wants.


15 posted on 09/05/2014 10:50:26 AM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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To: Verginius Rufus
Article 5 of the NATO Charter:

The Parties agree that an armed attack against one or more of them in Europe or North America shall be considered an attack against them all and consequently they agree that, if such an armed attack occurs, each of them, in exercise of the right of individual or collective self-defence recognised by Article 51 of the Charter of the United Nations, will assist the Party or Parties so attacked by taking forthwith, individually and in concert with the other Parties, such action as it deems necessary, including the use of armed force, to restore and maintain the security of the North Atlantic area.

Any such armed attack and all measures taken as a result thereof shall immediately be reported to the Security Council. Such measures shall be terminated when the Security Council has taken the measures necessary to restore and maintain international peace and security.

16 posted on 09/05/2014 11:00:50 AM PDT by kabar
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“An armed attack against one [member state] should be an attack [against all of us].”

What he is telegraphing to our enemies and his Muslim friends is - if you are going to attack one of us - may as well attack all of us because the United States aint gonna do jack squat about it...

17 posted on 09/05/2014 11:10:16 AM PDT by capydick (''Life's tough.......it's even tougher if you're stupid.'')
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"Ukraine is not a member of NATO"

Which is why Caliph Obama made this sort of speech. Were Ukraine actually a member of NATO, he would have made a speech about how all organized violence supported by an outside nation doesn't rise to the level of an attack on a member nation.

18 posted on 09/05/2014 11:14:02 AM PDT by Rashputin (Jesus Christ doesn't evacuate His troops, He leads them to victory.)
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To: Kaslin

The operative word here is “should”. So its meaningless like everything else he says.

Just more palaver from the pompous pontificating purveyor of platitudes. ;)


19 posted on 09/05/2014 11:16:36 AM PDT by Starboard
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he’s gonna draw a red line!

**********
...in the sand so it can be easily erased!


20 posted on 09/05/2014 11:17:35 AM PDT by Starboard
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