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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTulsi & Tucker Sitting In a Tree K-I-S-S-I-N-G
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Acyn
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Tulsi: President Biden could end this crisis and prevent a war with Russia by doing something very simple: guaranteeing that Ukraine will not become a member of NATOLink to tweet
Per C&L: https://crooksandliars.com/2022/02/tucker-and-tulsi-why-doesn-t-biden-just
Heres Gabbard urging Biden to cave to Putin's demand, as Carlson puts on his deep-pondering face and nods.
GABBARD: President Biden could end this crisis and prevent a war with Russia by doing something very simple: guaranteeing that Ukraine will not become a member of NATO. Because if Ukraine became a member of NATO, that would put U.S. and NATO troops directly on the doorstep of Russia which, as Putin has laid out, would undermine their national security interests.
The reality is that it is highly, highly unlikely that Ukraine will ever become a member of NATO anyway. So, the question is why doesnt President Biden and NATO leaders actually just say that
CARLSON: Yes!
GABBARD: - and guarantee it.
As these two almost surely know, the reason why, as Vox explains, is because a) NATO has an open-door policy that says each country can choose for itself whether to become a member and b) making such a concession would effectively give Russia a veto on NATO membership and cooperation.
There's also some historical with them both at the C&L link, such as a certain someone possibly getting called out by HRC for being a Russian asset.
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Tulsi & Tucker Sitting In a Tree K-I-S-S-I-N-G (Original Post)
TheBlackAdder
Feb 2022
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Hortensis
(58,785 posts)1. Ew, her name twice in two days. The "List of Tulsi Gabbard endorsements"
on Wikipedia was the other. Did I run across it here? Whatever, it really is funny, though best for those who like dark humor. But imagine having a Wikipedia ID of "prominent neo-Nazi" or "Grand Wizard."
Link to tweet
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radius777
(3,635 posts)2. Gabbard is spouting Kremlin propaganda. Russia has no threat
to its national security or borders. The opposite is true. It is a threat to and has breached the borders of its neighbors and is waging active campaigns to install pro-Russian/anti-NATO leaders across the globe.
NATO should be expanded and strengthened, and Ukraine should've been a member a long time ago.
LetMyPeopleVote
(144,890 posts)3. Tulsi and Tucker are pushing Putin talking points