https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/09/natos-stoltenberg-admits-war-could-have-been-prevented/
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg conceded that the Ukraine war could have been prevented with assurances not to expand NATO to Russia’s borders. The BBC reported from Ukraine that “An easy breakthrough is simply impossible,” in Ukraine, and that front-line troops are “getting ready for a long-term war.” The U.S. House of Representatives approved another $300 million for Ukraine late on Thursday.
“President Putin declared in the autumn of 2021, and actually sent a draft treaty that they wanted NATO to sign, to promise no more NATO enlargement,” NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg told a joint committee meeting of the European Parliament on September 7. “That was what he sent us. And [that] was a pre-condition (to) not invade Ukraine. Of course we didn’t sign that.”
(Putin) “went to war to prevent NATO, more NATO, close to his borders. He has got the exact opposite,” Stoltenberg said, referring to Finland joining the alliance in April. Finland’s joining NATO “demonstrates that when President Putin invaded a European country to prevent more NATO, he’s getting the exact opposite.” Finland’s defense budget is $6 billion. The US defence budget 2024 is $842 billion. Countries like Finland join NATO to enjoy the defense offered by the US military and funded by the US taxpayer.
The House of Representatives approved another $300 million for Ukraine yesterday, with 117 Republicans voting against.