Has Putin Won Round One in Ukraine?

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Now that the Soviet Empire is dead, the Soviet Union is dead. Communism is dormant, and the USSR has degenerated into 15 nations; why did we move our Cold War alliance onto Moscow’s front porch? Would we tolerate this?

When NBC’s Lester Holt asked President Joe Biden what might prompt him to send out U.S. soldiers to rescue Americans running away Ukraine, Biden replied: “There’s not. That’s a world war when Americans and Russia start contending one another.”

“It’s not like we’re handling a terrorist organization. We’re dealing with among the largest armies worldwide. … Things might go bananas rapidly.”

Biden was saying Americans are not going to battle Russians in Ukraine, even to safeguard or draw out threatened U.S. troops, diplomats or citizens.

Speaking recently on the Senate flooring, Sen. Ted Cruz echoed Biden: “I want to be clear and unquestionable. … Under no situations need to we send our sons and daughters to die to defend Ukraine from Russia.”

The concern the Biden and Cruz remarks immediately raise?

Has not Russian President Vladimir Putin practically currently realized his principal objective in this crisis– that Ukraine never become a member of NATO?

For if Biden and Cruz hesitate to send out U.S. soldiers to Ukraine to drive away Russian invaders, how could the U.S. bring Ukraine into NATO, where, under Short article 5, it would be both our ethical and legal responsibility to do so?

After meeting with Putin, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz stated of Ukraine’s admission to NATO: “Everybody should step back a bit here and make it clear to themselves that we just can’t have a possible military conflict over a concern that is not on the program.”

The Germans appear to be stating Ukraine’s membership in NATO is not even on the table for discussion and choice. It is a nonissue.

Have something to say about this column?Visit Gab– The social media network that champions complimentary speech– Comment without Censorship!Or see Pat’s FaceBook page and publish your comments … Once again, if Putin has actually been given private guarantees that Ukraine

will never ever belong to NATO, he would appear to have actually gotten his nonnegotiable need, as long as he does not crow about his victory. And

if Ukraine is not going to be a member of NATO, Georgia, a far smaller and far less populated nation, even farther east than Ukraine, is not going to become a NATO member either. Who in the West, outside of Kyiv, is now requiring it? The next products on Putin’s menu appear to be the defiant provinces of Luhansk and Donetsk in eastern Ukraine. Tuesday, the Duma, the Russian parliament, voted to ask Putin to recognize

the breakaway areas as”sovereign and independent

states.” Thursday, artillery fire was reported from the pro-Russian rebel side. Acknowledgment of Luhansk and Donetsk as independent

republics would end the Minsk peace procedure that anticipates their reunification with Ukraine, however with Kyiv approving the 2 areas greater autonomy. However if

Putin has gotten assurances Ukraine will not be a member of NATO,

and if he is about to make his next relocation, with 160,000 Russian troops still on the borders of Ukraine, it seems early to declare Biden the victor in the crisis. For who is requiring that Ukraine be brought into NATO now? Who is calling for military action to keep Ukraine a de facto ally? NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has actually challenged Russia’s statement that it was returning some troops to their bases, stating satellite images suggested the reverse was

happening. “They have increased the variety of troops and more troops are

on their way. So, so far, no de-escalation, “Stoltenberg said. See the Latest

Videos on Our Buchanan-Trump YouTube Playlist!”The brand-new typical is that Russia has actually shown that it … wants to object to some of the basic principles for our security, the right for every nation to select its own course.”Putin does not threaten any crucial interest of the United States and does not want war with the United States.

But, as a fantastic power,
Russia declares a right to secure, peaceful and friendly borders, free of military alliances created to circumscribe, include and control it. And the protests Moscow is making are not without validity? Now that the Soviet Empire is dead, the Soviet Union is dead. Communism is dormant, and the USSR has degenerated into 15 nations; why did we move our Cold War alliance onto Moscow’s front deck? Would we tolerate this? For what is” NATO augmentation,”aside from an extending series of U.S. war warranties to combat Russia on behalf of countries further

and farther away from us, and of ever-diminishing significance to the United

States? On March 1, 1917, the story broke of a secret cable from German Foreign Minister Arthur Zimmermann to his minister in Mexico City, to make a deal to the government. If war appeared between Germany and the U.S.

, the Zimmermann Telegram checked out, and Mexico agreed Germany, a triumphant 2nd Reich would support the return of”the lost area in Texas, New Mexico and Arizona.”Enraged at Germany’s deal to make Mexico its

ally and to support the breakup of our nation, the U.S., five weeks later, declared war on Germany. Can we not understand the increasing rage in Moscow as we convert all its former Warsaw Pact allies and ex-republics of the USSR into member states of a military alliance established to consist of and control Russia? Do You Appreciate Reading Our Emails and Site? Let us understand how we are doing– Send us a Thank You Via Paypal! Image Source: Ben Fort at Grrraphics.com … Note: We are an Amazon Partner. Your purchases on Amazon.com by means of any of our links will help support Buchanan.org– at no additional expense to you! Make America Smart Again-Share Pat’s Columns!Like this: Like Loading … Related Posts Make America Think Again!

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