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Hal Turner – The Hal Turner Show Feb 7, 2022

After a five hour meeting with French President Macron over the Ukraine military situation, both Macron and Russian President Vladimir Putin held a press conference.  At that event, Putin was asked how Russia could deal with NATO’s superior conventional forces.  Putin responded “Yes, NATO’s conventional forces are more than Russia’s.  But Russia is the top NUCLEAR power. If Ukraine joins NATO or anyone tries to take Crimea by force, NATO will be dragged into a war that no one will win.”

Most rational people agree that a nuclear war “cannot be won and must never be fought.’ Yet President Putin explicitly said NATO would be dragged into a war that “no one will win.”  That means nuclear.  No other interpretation is possible.

Another translation puts it this way: “If Ukraine joins NATO and tries to take back Crimea by force, then NATO member states will be dragged into a war with Russia! And there will be no victors.”

Russia will not allow an attempt by Ukraine to return Crimea militarily, Russian President Vladimir Putin said.

“Why is the possible admission of Ukraine (to NATO – ed.) so dangerous? There is a problem: European countries, including France, believe that Crimea, let’s say, is Ukraine, while we believe it is part of the Russian Federation. And if attempts are made to change this situation militarily, and Ukraine’s doctrinal documents spell out that:

  1. a) Russia is the enemy,
  2. b) the return of Crimea by military means is possible.

Imagine that Ukraine is a member of NATO, the fifth article has not been repealed, on the contrary, Mr. Biden recently said that the fifth article is absolutely imperative and will be enforced. So there will be a military confrontation between Russia and NATO… do we have to go to war with NATO?” – Putin said at a news conference after talks with French President Emmanuel Macron.

The Russian president added that there is a second part to the question, “Do you want to go to war with Russia?”

So the world now knows the real stakes of the troubles taking place in Ukraine: nuclear war.   It came directly from the mouth of the Russian president.  Here it is, on video, in original Russian language:


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