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To: Les H who wrote (47845)9/20/2025 9:47:47 AM
From: Les H  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 48960
 
The Beginning of the End of NATO
This is when the world finds out whether the United States remains committed to Europe’s defense.
By Robert Kagan
Robert Kagan is an American columnist. He is a neoconservative scholar. He is a critic of U.S. foreign policy and a leading advocate of liberal internationalism. A co-founder of the neoconservative Project for the New American Century, he is a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution.

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He leaves out the fact that Russia was outnumbered 3 to 1 when they invaded Ukraine and the lightning raid to Kiev was only intended to force Ukraine to agree to a third ceasefire after which their forces would withdraw behind the border. The agreement would've forced drastic reductions in the Ukraine military and rendered future military intervention by either side moot.

He's married to Victoria Nuland, former Assistant Secretary of State during 2013-2017 the period where she had an active role in the crisis..



To: Les H who wrote (47845)9/20/2025 1:28:13 PM
From: Les H  Respond to of 48960
 
What the hell happened at Peter Thiel’s Antichrist talk? We asked the guests
We didn’t get a ticket, but we did speak with attendees — and protesters.

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The overwhelming consensus of historians was that Revelations was about the Roman Empire and their persecution of Christians. Emperor Nero was widely considered to be symbolized as the antichrist. Analogies and symbolism were frequently used in the scriptures.