Lloyd Austin: 'Putin's War Is A Cause Of NATO Enlargement'

[@brettg274]

Wasn’t the agreement that NATO wouldn’t try to take Ukraine and other bordering nations as a member, and they would be a buffer?

[@astralxing988]

What agreement are you talking about ?

[@GrimMui]

There's no such agreement. There were talks in 1990, but that wouldn't work here, considering Ukraine was a part of the USSR at that point, they wouldn't be a "buffer." Also NATO isn't "taking" Ukraine, Russia is trying to.

[@Neal_only1]

@@GrimMui Ukraine is not eligible to join, because one of the stipulations to join is they must be peaceful for 5 years of no war or conflit with another nation

[@GrimMui]

@@Neal_only1 That's just not true from everything I've seen. According to the minimum NATO rules, they could technically admit a country that was AT war, though they obviously would not. Can you provide a source that says what you're saying?

[@StrawberrySoul77]

@@GrimMuiyes!

[@wayneborkovich3460]

NATO should not be on Russia's border. What a bunch baloney

[@GrimMui]

So you know, NATO is already on Russia's border and has been for 20 years. Ukraine joining would not change that.

[@JiTiAr35]

Putin = NATO's greatest salesman in the history.

[@nitupvladimirevich3192]

Countries should not have to chose nato or russia !

[@alexanderhoye]

Pootin said that he had no problem with Finland joining NATO. He also doesn’t have any troops guarding the NATO border because he’s too busy attacking a non-Nato neighboring country. Obviously this has nothing to do with NATO.

[@Neal_only1]

Mr Austin, you are a liar😢

[@StrawberrySoul77]

Yes! He is blatantly and deliberately lying

[@isopowered5004]

Overthrowing Ukraine's duly elected president in 2014 didn't help.

[@JackRichardsonM8]

Yanukovych abandoned his position and ran back to Mother Russia with his stolen millions. There was no coup.

[@MathiasYmagnus]

@@JackRichardsonM8 There was no coup just like there is no election going on in Ukraine. X_x //edit// Even if you don't believe in Russian elections at least they are going on. The current president is running from his election. Question: Does might make right?

[@michaelseay9783]

@@JackRichardsonM8there was a coup. The evidence was recorded. Little Miss Piggy Nuland.

[@astralxing988]

It was a russian puppet , he run back to mother russia !

[@aaronneal5312]

You are repeating Russian propaganda..Yanukovich was a manchurian candidate who stole from Ukraine and failed in his allegiance with Ukraine. He was a Putin puppet. Question: Where does he live now?

[@Neal_only1]

Tell The Truth, NATO expanded by 5 before the war ever started, now you tell me whom provoked the war.😮😢

[@astralxing988]

BS !!! Countries are free to join whatever they want and they did it for a reason !

[@Neal_only1]

@@astralxing988 they were first asked, then they were persuaded

[@astralxing988]

@@Neal_only1 BS !!! Countries who joined NATO want to be in NATO ! It was a long process involving referendum etc !

[@akumasdeception]

Didn’t he just say a week ago that NATO enlargement had nothing to do with Putin invasion?

[@ragnorian257]

What a clown

[@MathiasYmagnus]

My question to him would be: "What assurances does the 'Merican military forces have that our NATO allies will go along with NATO policy? I mean it was already preposed that Polish troops should move in, but the Polish government didn't send them. Why should we expect them to in the future?

[@danjohnston9037]

And That Is Called Irony

[@dunniebunny]

Looks like he’s been eating less burgers

[@Кипящийразум]

It's immediately obvious that he is a cannibal...

[@chazbennett8676]

'Unprovoked' 😂😂😂😂 And as expected Russia is back in CUBA. This started in 2014.

[@astralxing988]

Sure , look how good is everything in Cuba thanks to 70 years of communism and friendship with ruZZia , it worker reaaallllly wel , NOT !

[@terrystraker2459]

All praise to Almighty God; why put the cart before the horse. All praise to Almighty God amen.

[@GooniesKFA]

We shouldn’t be there or anywhere trying to control another country when we can’t even keep ours straight.

[@BernieHolland-w4l]

No, you got this wrong (as usual) it is more a case of NATO enlargement being the cause of the war being waged on Russia using Ukraine as a proxy

[@davidthompson6636]

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[@nitupvladimirevich3192]

Stop the war !

[@geoffdixonsintes5167]

BRING ALL ECONOMIC FUNDS TO SEE WHERE IS THE LEAK

[@geoffdixonsintes5167]

FIVE EUROPEAN COUNTRIES, UKRAINE & RUSIA MUST SPEAK TOMORROW SUNDAY WITHOUT FAIL @ 12 MIDDAY

[@geoffdixonsintes5167]

NO WEAPON PRODUCTION, NO ECONOMIC FUNDS TO UKRAINE

[@user-do2hp6pw9w]

Too many casualties.What's the right amount of casualties so funny

[@geoffdixonsintes5167]

WILL KNOW TOMORROW WITH CERTAINTY

[@geoffdixonsintes5167]

GOODNIGHT PEACE OUT

[@TulinaboRuviri]

In terms of Border security... Russia is on the right side... there 4 choke points Finland, Baltic States, Poland Bulgaria and Romania....all of which are NATO Allies...in terms of FORCE PROJECTION, RUSSIA NEEDS UKRAINE, MOLDOVA, ROMANIA, AND THE BALTIC STATES

[@rrz1615]

Whole bunch of liars.

[@ufodriver6549]

Black xoxol, privet pereday.

[@alfredpcg9051]

Stop talking about Gaza

[@geoffdixonsintes5167]

SECURITY LEAST IMPORTANT, WEAPONS KEY ISSUES

[@geoffdixonsintes5167]

ECONOMIC GREEDINESS NO GOOD

[@trewi-ry1qo]

Getting too many 🤑 for lies

[@유희석-j6u]

Russia Dilemma

[@geoffdixonsintes5167]

UKRAINE POOR ADMINISTRATION

[@EK-qm9df]

All in all, you're just another brick in the wall...

[@geoffdixonsintes5167]

RUSIA STEP BACK FROM UKRAINE LAND

[@MrBenedict317]

Lying!

[@sidgibbons9711]

😂😅

[@ceb9582]

Dei grad...he and buckwheat should chg jobs. I am sure he can borrow presser deis wig