Pentagon Spox Asked Point Blank: Does Sec. Austin Think Ukraine Should 'Be Allowed' To Join NATO?

Pentagon Press Secretary Pat Ryder was asked if Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin believes Ukraine should be allowed to join NATO.

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[Popajaja]

Before going to bed, my wife complained to me: "This Russia is such a bad country, if Ukraine wants to join NATO, that is their business and freedom, Russia has no right to intervene. This is just an excuse for Russia to attack Ukraine." I said nothing, got out of bed and went to the kitchen, before returning to bed with knife in hand. I said to my wife: "Let's go to sleep" When she saw the knife, my wife suddenly sat up and looked at me with wide eyes. "What are you doing? Sleeping with a knife?!" she exclaimed. I replied, "Don't worry, let's go to sleep. Besides, sleeping with a knife is none of your business and that's my freedom." My wife said to me, "You're crazy! How can I sleep when you're lying next to me with a knife? What if you accidentally cut me?" I replied: "Well, you don't even trust your own husband, how can you expect Russia to trust Ukraine?" Sleeping with a knife is like Ukraine joining NATO."

[historypolitics]

They are absolutely NUTS. Russia/Putin declared, I think it was at some international summit in 2007, that Ukraine in NATO was their red line / line in the sand. Said that they would never allow that to happen. Henry Kissinger was right 10 years ago in his op-ed where he stated that Ukraine needs to be & remain a neutral bridge between Russia & the West.

[danielmartin]

Russia joined a mutual security pact with N Korea. If Ukraine meets the criteria and its people want it, I say let them in to NATO. From the look of things they are more than capable of making a genuine contribution