{"id":284011,"date":"2024-03-21T08:25:07","date_gmt":"2024-03-21T08:25:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=284011"},"modified":"2024-03-23T06:59:58","modified_gmt":"2024-03-23T06:59:58","slug":"british-troops-in-ukraine-cannot-be-ruled-out-ben-wallace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=284011","title":{"rendered":"British troops in Ukraine &#8216;cannot be ruled out&#8217; &#8211; Ben Wallace"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Ben Wallace<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Sky News \u2013 March 20, 2024<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>British troops in Ukraine &#8220;cannot be ruled out&#8221;, former defence minister Ben Wallace has said.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@ListenToTimesRadio\/videos\">Times Radio<\/a>, Mr Wallace said &#8220;people need to wake up to how dangerous Vladimir Putin is&#8221; and six more years of the Russian leader meant &#8220;more insecurity&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>He said this meant armed forces in the West needed to be &#8220;match fit&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Asked if NATO troops could be ruled out of fighting in Ukraine after French President Emmanuel Macron said\u00a0&#8220;nothing should be excluded&#8221;, Mr Wallace said: &#8220;We should use that phrase, &#8216;we cannot rule them out&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Ultimately, part of deterrence is ambiguity&#8230; keeping the adversary guessing about how far we would go and what we would do.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That&#8217;s what Putin does masterfully &#8211; he keeps everyone guessing. It is important we never shut off avenues. It doesn&#8217;t mean to say we necessarily will but it is important we keep people guessing.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Ruling out things is how our adversaries push us into corners.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think the best thing is to make sure he [Putin] realises we think what he is doing in Ukraine is very, very serious.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think President Putin &#8211; and we just saw that from the sham election &#8211; is the closest to Adolf Hitler we&#8217;ve had in this generation.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/ukraine-war-latest-wave-of-drone-attacks-in-russia-as-putin-to-deploy-troops-to-new-nato-border-12541713\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Comment \u2013 March 20, 2024<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>You know things are serious when you start hearing comparisons with Hitler. It\u2019s a sure sign that the authorities want to convince the public that \u201cSOMETHING MUST BE DONE\u201d!!<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Vlad-the-Bad-Putin-as-the-new-Hitler.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-92829\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Vlad-the-Bad-Putin-as-the-new-Hitler.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"270\" height=\"359\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Vlad-the-Bad-Putin-as-the-new-Hitler.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Vlad-the-Bad-Putin-as-the-new-Hitler-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 270px) 100vw, 270px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>You may recall similar comparisons were made with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/uk\/home-news\/saddam-hussein-hitler-iraq-kuwait-thatcher-b1807107.html\">Saddam Hussein<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>We also heard <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2003\/feb\/01\/iraq.comment\">such comparisons <\/a>from the supposedly liberal Guardian shortly before the Anglo-American invasion of Iraq, and we all know how that ended.<\/p>\n<p>Now we are hearing echoes of the same from the British establishment, only this time in regards to Russia and Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>The Anglo-American establishments are the real war-mongers here. Since 2014 they have deliberately and methodically <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fpri.org\/article\/2018\/08\/the-ukrainian-military-from-degradation-to-renewal\/\">helped to build-up Ukraine\u2019s armed forces<\/a>. Well before Russia commenced its Special Military Operation in 2022, Ukraine was being armed and prepared to take on Russia.<\/p>\n<p>When Putin did finally act to deal with the problem in eastern Ukraine and Zelensky was on the brink of a negotiated settlement with Moscow, the then British Prime Minister <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=258284\">Boris Johnson rushed to Kiev to sabotage the deal<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In doing so he effectively prolonged the West&#8217;s proxy war against Russia. Sacrificing possibly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=283963\">millions of Ukrainians<\/a> in the process.<\/p>\n<p>Former Defence Minister Ben Wallace\u2019s call should be viewed in this context. It\u2019s no coincidence that similar calls have been made recently by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=283931\">President of the European Council Charles Michel<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=283915\">Latvia\u2019s Foreign Minister<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Together with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=282578\">statements from French President Macron<\/a>, there is seems to be coordinated effort to psychologically prepare us for war with Russia.<\/p>\n<p>Right now things are in the balance but if a wider conflict does ensue then we should be ready to hold our leaders to account, along with the complicit mass media. 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