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elleng

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Tue Oct 15, 2019, 11:34 AM Oct 2019

from Gen. Wesley Clark re: diplomacy/NATO/Ukraine:

'"The basic principle of American diplomacy since the end of the Second World War is, when countries that are weak are facing adversaries that are armed with nuclear weapons, that's where we come in to help maintain freedom. That's what NATO was all about. And Ukraine's not a member of NATO. But these other Eastern European countries that border Ukraine, they are members of NATO. Their leaders told me in New York that this is like 1938 in Europe. They can see the appeasement and they can see what's coming, so this has global implications," he added.'

https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2019/oct/15/ex-commander-decries-trump-s-syria-deci/?

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from Gen. Wesley Clark re: diplomacy/NATO/Ukraine: (Original Post) elleng Oct 2019 OP
k and r Thank You for posting this.. Stuart G Oct 2019 #1
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