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| Ten false statements from NATO summit exposed in Spain |
| 2022-07-10 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [RIA Novosti] Rafael Silva, a journalist for the Spanish newspaper Rebelion , analyzed the statement made after the NATO summit in Madrid and announced ten false statements found in it. The author called NATO a brutal tool to "achieve dominance over territories, possession of natural and energy resources and new markets by force", and stated that the ten points listed in the publication are only a partial list of false claims. Sounds like an unbiased observer, right? The first lie Silva called the statement about the defensive nature of the alliance. "They would still say that NATO is a pacifist organization, to be sure it would be false and senseless," he added. Inglourious bastards: Europe prefers to forget about its mercenaries today The reporter stated that the military bloc was created to protect the interests of specific countries and has always emphasized military escalation. The journalist called the accusations against Russia of expansionism and imperialist aspirations and the calls addressed to Moscow to stop the special operation in Ukraine as the second lie . He pointed to the unwillingness of NATO to negotiate and the continued supply of weapons to Kyiv. "To say that Putin has expansionist aspirations is an absolute lie. Since 1949, only NATO has expanded. The organization has increasingly surrounded Russia," Silva said. Another statement that does not correspond to reality is a statement about the unprecedented strength and cohesion of the alliance. The journalist complained about the expansion of the presence of NATO forces in Spain , although the organization calls Russia a threat - it does not have common borders with the kingdom. He also criticized the attitude towards Moscow as the main threat. According to him, the United States needs this to maintain the outgoing world hegemony. Fifth paragraph in the article: "China is a challenge to NATO values." Silva saw it as a provocation and hostility towards a culture that simply does not look like the West, as well as another example of using the alliance in the interests of the United States. The next lie is NATO's readiness to defend "every inch of its territory." The author called it an aggressive and arrogant statement aimed at intimidating other countries. “NATO countries should have promoted a policy that would guarantee that not a single centimeter of the country and in general any territory will not be attacked,” Silva wrote and urged politicians to be good negotiators, and not behave like hooligans. The journalist called the statement about the discussion of problems with global warming by NATO the seventh lie. Silva explained that the military organization cannot be interested in climate issues, since the army, according to him, pollutes the environment the most. Poland is confident that the Baltic will become an inland sea of NATO "NATO will also take care of the southern flank," Silva called another deceitful claim by the alliance. The journalist explained that the alliance decided to fight terrorists in Africa and migration from the region. The reporter accused NATO of creating conditions for the flight of people from developing countries to the rich - wars, poverty, theft of resources, the overthrow of governments. Silva also criticized the statement about the need to increase the military budget in the countries of the alliance to two percent of GDP. The journalist pointed to the need to invest in education and medicine, and not in the army. "The countries of the North Atlantic Alliance are the antipodes of the culture of peace," he added. The author called the statement about the danger and unpredictability of the world the tenth lie. In his opinion, this is the most cynical and scandalous statement. "It is precisely because of the policies of organizations such as NATO that the world is becoming more dangerous," he stressed. Silva accused Western leaders of unleashing wars and a "policy of looting" against entire states. This is what makes the world a powder keg, the journalist stressed and said that humanity needs the dissolution of NATO. Read the full version of the material on InoSmi >>> |
| Posted by:badanov |
| #9 I recall Polish Special Forces soldiers commenting in broken English with smiles, that NATO meant, "No Action, Talking Only". |
| Posted by: NoMoreBS 2022-07-10 13:49 |
| #8 ^ I rather like Pakistani journalists. There sarcasm meter seems permanently set to eleven. |
| Posted by: Secret Master 2022-07-10 13:06 |
| #7 "What do you know? Still warm, the blood that courses through my veins." |
| Posted by: badanov 2022-07-10 11:24 |
| #6 "...This article is Russian agit prop by the Russian agent, Badanov." You couldn't be more wrong if you tried. Rantburg has a long, long history of contributors providing examples of opinionated primary sources material from foreign outlets. There has been 'agitprop' from North Korea, Iran, Pakistan and even from countries that are nominally US allies. All to give a picture of what is passing for journalism in foreign countries. |
| Posted by: magpie 2022-07-10 10:54 |
| #5 'NATO is a brutal tool' pretty much ended my read. Yeah, NATO's a tool alright...a broken screw driver, probably a metric Phillips at that. |
| Posted by: Cesare 2022-07-10 10:52 |
| #4 Isn't Badenov the guy that provides all three sides of the conflict, translated by Google and edited? |
| Posted by: Bobby 2022-07-10 10:18 |
| #3 This article is Russian agit prop by the Russian agent, Badanov. They have agents all over Europe and North America preaching pro Russian, anti USA propaganda daily, Badanov is paid to do this by Putin. It has been very successful, they came within a hair of being the government of Austria for example, same with Bulgaria. Now the Russian attack on Ukraine has exposed all this and it's past time we free people stop letting evil, hateful murderous bastards like Badanov have access to our systems. Maybe Badanov can detail all the brutality of the Russian Army towards their own soldiers and toward their neighbors next? It would take him a decade. |
| Posted by: Omineling Forkbeard1962 2022-07-10 09:27 |
| #2 Not a fan of NATO in its present state but this article is cr*p |
| Posted by: Slenter Panda4300 2022-07-10 08:52 |
| #1 yes claiming you will resist aggression is vile provocation to would be aggressors, the poor dears. The trouble is that nobody but would be aggressors likes that idea unless they wish to become slaves themselves, which they mostly do not want to do. Poor Putin believes probably correctly that Russians in former states of the USSR are in danger, but not from NATO or from the West. They are in danger from militant Moslem extremists in all the various 'stans' of Asia that were part of the USSR. If such haters gain power Russian Christians like Putin will be in grave danger in any one of them. The USSR lost in its attack on Afghanistan in part because many and perhaps most of its soldiers from such parts were more loyal to their religion than to their own government. Somehow one has to believe he is worse off in picking a fight with the West to deal with this problem than Hitler was in attacking the degenerate West when really afraid of the USSR. Unfortunately, we shall see how this works out with pro aggressors so well distributed among soo called Demorcrats in this country, especially at the top of our government. |
| Posted by: i forgot it 2022-07-10 00:41 |