Alia Slisco – Newsweek Feb 29, 2024
U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin warned on Thursday that NATO will be drawn into war if Ukraine is defeated by invading Russian forces.
Speaking at a Republican-led House Armed Services Committee hearing to discuss his recent absence while hospitalized for complications from prostate cancer surgery, Austin predicted that Russian President Vladimir Putin would not “stop” if Moscow wins the war in Ukraine.
Austin made the remarks after being asked about Congress failing to approve a $60 billion military aid package for Ukraine, as requested by President Joe Biden. Despite significant bipartisan support for Ukraine aid, the measure has stalled amid a series of partisan disputes over border security and other issues.
“We know that if Putin is successful here, he will not stop,” Austin said. “He will continue to take more aggressive action in the region. And other leaders around the world, other autocrats, will look at this and they’ll be encouraged by the fact that this happened and we failed to support a democracy.”
Austin later said that the Baltic nations—Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia—were especially vulnerable to the future expansionist ambitions of Putin. All three countries are NATO members, meaning that Russia would essentially be declaring war on the entire strategic alliance by attacking any single nation.
“If you’re a Baltic state, you’re really worried about whether or not you’re next,” he said. “They know Putin, they know what he’s capable of … And quite frankly, if Ukraine falls, I really believe that NATO will be in a fight with Russia.”
Newsweek reached out for comment to the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs via email on Thursday night.
Tensions between Russia and NATO have been escalating in recent months, with a military buildup occurring along the alliance’s borders with Russia. Officials from Russia and NATO member states have increasingly expressed concerns about the Ukraine war growing to involve the alliance.
Putin cited concerns about NATO expanding as one of his initial reasons for invading Ukraine on February 24, 2022. Regardless, the alliance has continued to grow over the course of the war. Finland joined in April 2023, while its neighbor Sweden looks likely to follow suit later this year.
Sweden’s entry into the alliance would complete the transformation of the Baltic Sea into what some have dubbed “NATO lake,” as the other nations on the body of water are all members. The only exception is the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad, which is on the Baltic between Lithuania and Poland.
Ukraine has been struggling on the battlefield in recent weeks while dealing with a shortage of ammunition and equipment that could potentially be remedied with more aid. Russian victories over the past two weeks include taking the Dontesk city of Avdiivka on February 17 and three additional settlements close to the city earlier this week.
Earlier during the House hearing on Thursday, Austin said that the U.S. failure to secure more Ukraine aid has sent an unfavorable signal to the world and hindered the Ukrainian military’s confidence and sense of purpose.
“Our allies are troubled by the message that we’re sending,” Austin said. “Certainly, it has impacted the morale of the Ukrainian troops. If we continue down this path, it will be a gift to Putin, and we certainly don’t want that to happen.”
“As others look at this, they will question whether or not we are a dependable ally or dependable partner,” he added. “And that’s very troubling for us as well.”
Look, like Blinken, Lloyd Austin is not exactly bright. As US Defence Secretary, he’s paid to lie.
His big lie here, is that NATO is already fighting the Russians. It was always a NATO war. This, proved by Johnson and the US preventing an agreed peace deal.
More precisely, Russia will be drawn into war with NATO.
this negro is just reading scripts written by evil Zionists who to the post as a replacement for Collin P. He has tested the Russian strike in the CIA underground site. the shock is visible as he is mumbling around. ungrateful as he is still alive, more lies to wwlll.
I’ve always known that things were a bit bizarre …
but NEVER in my wildest dreams did I guess that the Axis Of ZOG ‘central casting’ was gonna use an orangutan to kick-off WW3!! 😳
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Makes all US citizens proud that they are defended by this stalwart idiot Austin. NATO is already in Ukraine, his stupid threats show him to be a controlled fool that recites the party line of the belligerent neocons. Only war can titillate and satisfy the warmongers. This mouth-syncing automaton knows no better. Isn’t affirmative action wonderful?
General Aldo has come a long way since leading his ape army in ‘Battle for the Planet of the Apes’ (1973). Now he’s calling himself ‘Lloyd Austin’ & is the US Defense Secretary. Well done sir!
This DEI hire chicken hawk is now telling the American People what wars they will entertain! The US has hit bottom with a rogue government filled with dual citizens and chicken hawks.
Hey all you, war mongering cowards. Go grab a gun and fight those wascally Russians yourselves.
So where are all the commie jew trolls who need to constantly “remind” us that ZOG also controls Russia?
No, the fake-jew/EDOMITES just gave the nigger that memo, to be puked out all over America.
Lloyd Austin can roundup all his ooga booga fellow apes in the American city ghettos and charge into battle along side all the sexually mutilated freaks as well; killing two birds with one stone.
this austin, biden, blinken,netanjahu are the most unworthy
scum of humanity including their jew masters .
humanity ruled by scum in high places .
The Great Looking Lloyd Austin is no longer with us.
Despite all situation sketches of all the world’s battlefields, besides mentioning of daily dead IDF, Ukrainian or Hamas fighters, there is no real news ..
Here’s an idea: hand the diversity monkey a rifle and give him a lift to the Russian front to give him the opportunity to show everyone his leadership skills. I’m sure Austin is eager to be in the vanguard, the tip of the spear, to show those wily Rooskies that he’s not playing around.
Austin can dazzle the enemy with the billboard of campaign ribbons on his costume, for combat operations he never actually took an active part in, but one medal was for him only pissing on one of his shoes while taking a leak and not getting the other shoe wet, and another was for bringing some savory fried chicken to a staff meeting. Not to mention the House Nigger ribbon. I’m sure the Russians will shit themselves in fear when diversity monkey shows up on the battlefield. Or diversity monkey can take that issued rifle, stick the business end in his stinking yap, and press the trigger if he remembers how.
For the racists here: Just listen to the message he’s giving without focusing on race. As many of you said, he’s not writing the script, just speaking the words.
Now, as to the message: Intelligent, young Americans will NOT FIGHT FOR UKRAINE, no matter how much the Jews demand it. A civil war will be touched off before this happens. I’ve noted a tendency amongst the Zionist types to cheer for sending other peoples’ sons and daughters off to fight Jew wars but not their own. So even they probably won’t fight in large numbers. There’s too much information about the truth of things nowadays. This isn’t the 1930s, when peoples’ only sources of information were Jew-owned newspapers and Jew-produced news reels.
Russia is not the problem here, assuming no validity to the “Putin-is-really-in-league-with-the-Lubavitchers” scenario. Russia has a right to control its natural sphere of influence, and that includes Ukraine.
Huh, odd how we haven’t heard any comments from General Diversity Monkey about the ongoing invasion of the cuntry at the southern border. One would think the “Defense” Secretary would have something, anything, to say about the defense of the cuntry he swore to protect, but nope. You’d sure hear him vigorously bloviating if even one dune coon, African nigger retard, or rapist from Venezuela crossed the border of Israhell or Jewkraine, how it was a despicable act of war.
We don’t hear anything about the invasion of the cuntry from that overstuffed sack of sludge and repressed child-molesting faggot Gen. Milley either. I’d bet my car that Milley is holding a gun to the head of a 7 year old boy to fist Milley up his poop-chute as we speak.
Public officials who fail and betray their cuntries so egregiously fully deserve to be dragged through the streets by their ankles, get beaten to pulps, then publicly executed.
It’s fascinating to watch these imbeciles pushing their agendas forward…the mendacity, hypocrisy and let’s face it, total bullshit..has never been so patently obvious to so many people.. the way they attempt to corral and push the herd through the next penn on its way to the abattoir.. and a meat hook.. to feast on the dead..
You can see that all of these current manipulations were planned decades ago and are evidently fraudulent.. relying primarily on the casting of media spells and the repetition of rhetoric and a fallacious appeal to their presumed authority.. to create a narrative..a history…
They need their ‘WAR’..the big one..because they are so far forward with the escalations that there is no going back for them now..not an option..
Of course you never really get what you plan for..you might think so..but you just get lucky..it’s actually bestowed upon you..something it seems, judging by the hysteria and mistakes being made…
these miscreants have truly run low on..
As Ernie Hemmingway said when asked about how he went bankrupt..
” Two ways, Gradually then suddenly”….