I'm gonna have that guy fired.
Posted on 03/16/2022 5:23:23 PM PDT by george76
A video of Joe Biden speaking about the dangers of NATO expanding in 1997 has resurfaced and gone viral on social media.
In the video, Joe Biden warns that the Baltic states, namely Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, joining NATO could result in hostility from Russia.
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The clip was from a speech Joe Biden made at the Atlantic Council of the U.S. on June 18, 1997.
"I think the one place where the greatest consternation would be caused in the short-term for admission [to NATO], having nothing to do with the merit and preparedness of the country to come in, would be to admit Baltic states now in terms of NATO-Russian, US-Russian relations," Biden said in his speech.
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Ahead of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin repeatedly warned about NATO expansion.
While the conflict between the two nations continues, on Monday Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said Moscow was prepared to stop their military action if their demands are met.
"We really are finishing the demilitarization of Ukraine," Peskov told Reuters.
"We will finish it. But the main thing is that Ukraine ceases its military action. They should stop their military action and then no one will shoot.
We have also spoken about how they should recognize that Crimea is Russian territory and that they need to recognize that Donetsk and Luhansk are independent states. That's it. It will stop in a moment."
He also said Kyiv had to give guarantees that it would not join NATO.
These terms have been rejected by Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky and insisted Russia's demands amounted to an ultimatum.
(Excerpt) Read more at newsweek.com ...
Proving, once again, that talk is cheap.
Putin just did it because he could because no one would appose him, just smoke these stories...Brandon is a weak crazy guy talking to himself in the corner
I'm gonna have that guy fired.
They all know Russia had red lines. The ONLY question is why didn’t they respect them?
US, UK, France promised USSR not to expand NATO east of Germany, newly discovered document proves.. a 1991 meeting .
https://multipolarista.com/2022/02/20/us-uk-france-russia-expand-nato-east-germany/
“US, UK, France promised USSR not to expand NATO east of Germany, newly discovered document proves.. a 1991 meeting.”
Makes sense, as Russia was claiming all along that this promise existed.
Also here. I prefer this source as it would seen to be juse a college academic archive
You mean Biden actually got something right?
Wow. There was a time Biden was right about something.
Just smoke these stories.
Biden’s speech is ‘smoke’.
These agreements with NATO are ‘smoke’.
NATO’s aggressive expansion is ‘smoke’.
The fact that NATO even exists is ‘smoke’.
Putin warning NATO to stop for the last 10 years is ‘smoke’.
Biden leaking to the Chinese that Ukraine was about to join NATO is ‘smoke’.
Your inability to rationally analyze historical or current fact makes you an emotional thinker. Emotion is what the left bases their world view on.
Maybe you should think about that. Ah.... never mind.
Biden poked the bear in the eye.
Bkmk
I agree, smoke and play acting on both sides.
At the end of the day, Putin and Brandon got what they both wanted.
Interesting, thanks for posting this.
Thanks
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