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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsCondi Rice turns tables on Fox News host: NATO 'unites' under Biden the way Trump never could
"We have to make sure that [Putin] really understands that the cost would be extraordinary to try to cross an Article 5 line," Rice replied. "An attack upon one is an attack upon all. And so the Baltic states are indeed protected under that guarantee by the United States of America."
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"So what we're doing in reinforcing NATO forces in the Baltics and in Poland -- NATO's eastern flank, if you will -- this is the way to make sure that he knows the costs would be very high," the former secretary of state remarked.
Rice suggested that Biden has been able to "unite" NATO to push back against Putin's alleged war crimes to a degree that former presidents could not.
"It is certainly against every principle of international law and international order, and that's why throwing the book at them now in terms of economic sanctions and punishments is also a part of it," she said. "And I think the world is there. Certainly, NATO is there. He's managed to unite NATO in ways I didn't think I would ever see again after the end of the Cold War."
https://www.rawstory.com/condoleeza-rice/
dalton99a
(81,570 posts)FoxNewsSucks
(10,435 posts)She's right, because Biden did in fact get our reputation back and our allies back. It wasn't just "in ways the former president couldn't", it's that the opposite was the goal of TFG. He worked to destroy those things.
TheBlackAdder
(28,211 posts)underpants
(182,877 posts)They thought, like Putin, that this was an easy win. Theyve provided tons of campaign material. Horrible miscalculation on their part.
underpants
(182,877 posts)or holding the West together. He had the chance as he talked about how Putin miscalculated how NATO and the West would react.
Sugarcoated
(7,728 posts)Samrob
(4,298 posts)SouthernDem4ever
(6,617 posts)I hope the Dominion lawsuits leave them poor.
Snarkoleptic
(6,001 posts)n/t
tanyev
(42,610 posts)NCDem47
(2,250 posts)oasis
(49,407 posts)Grokenstein
(5,727 posts)And they aren't even angry about it.
Because they know you don't lose your temper over a toddler's rudeness.
underpants
(182,877 posts)Thats a basketball term.
Still, hes an ignorant jerk
femmedem
(8,207 posts)At least in this clip, they seemed to be in complete agreement. I'm not usually aware of what message Fox is broadcasting, but if this isn't an aberration this has got to be making a fair number of GOPers rethink their assumptions.
durablend
(7,464 posts)Claustrum
(4,846 posts)Not the kind of uniting anyone wants but he did unite them LOL
Blaukraut
(5,693 posts)Not President Biden. Rice would never credit Biden. Especially not on FNC.
Shellback Squid
(8,926 posts)SouthernDem4ever
(6,617 posts)Biden was already trying to mend trumps F'up of NATO. Putin just pushed it along faster.
malaise
(269,157 posts)occupation of Iraq. Tell her to go fuck some freedom fries.
FakeNoose
(32,748 posts)Thanks Malaise - you're the best!
malaise
(269,157 posts)Taking that to the death bed
I switched them all off
Listening to this and drinking coconut water
karynnj
(59,504 posts)GHWB is arguably the last cold War president, so she is speaking of Clinton, GWB, Obama and Trump. It is possible that she is speaking of Patons actions.
bullwinkle428
(20,630 posts)I'm too lazy to dig up the links, but there are more than enough to satisfy anyone's curiosity.
uponit7771
(90,363 posts)malaise
(269,157 posts)malaise
(269,157 posts)Response to kpete (Original post)
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samplegirl
(11,500 posts)her rock.
live love laugh
(13,129 posts)Shes a RW hack with her finger in the wind as they all seem to be now that Putins screwed up.
LaMouffette
(2,039 posts)cares about doing the right thing for the citizens of his own nation and also for the citizens of all democratic nations. Joe is the real deal, not whatever that soulless mess with a bleeding, rotting abscess where his heart should be who formally squatted in the Oval Office was.
Love you, Joe Biden!
Traildogbob
(8,797 posts)Thing I WANT to hear from my President at the SOTU, is fury and rage at those supporting Putin murdering innocent Ukraine citizens and threatening Nukes against the world. Hold nothing back, name names and let us see who remains seated stonefaced or shouts you lie. Point out Green, Kosar at the KKKlan Jamboree this weekend cheering Russia, Russia, Russia, and trumps unwavering praise of Putin genius. THAT is the current State of our so called Union.
Lonestarblue
(10,063 posts)Putins attack on Ukraine has shown the world that he fears democracyand for a good reason. Feedom-loving people do not want a dictator who takes away civil rights. The Ukrainians are fighting to the death for their democracy. Republicans are undermining ours with laws making it very difficult for certain people to vote and giving themselves the power to decide who wins an election, just as Putin wins his elections because the outcome is known before the first vote is cast. That is the system Republicans want here.
The new voter laws Republicans have passed are working here in Texas. Early voting has just ended for the primary election, and Harris County has rejected 30% of mail ballots for errors. Harris County is heavily Democratic. The new laws required more information, such as putting ID information on the outside of the envelope to be mailed and thus making it easy for anyone to connect the name and ID for identity fraud. Id like to think that no one working for the USPS would commit identity fraud, but its a ridiculous requirement. The forms were deliberately confusing so as to allow large rejections when people failed to include all the new information.
I think fewer people were also not able to vote at all, especially those voting by mail, because their applications just to receive a mail ballot were rejected. The local news has reported that voter participation in this primary is the lowest in many years when compared with other midterm years.
Traildogbob
(8,797 posts)North Carolina GQP has just filed to the Supreme Court to accept their version of district maps, states rights. Could set Precedent Nation Wide. The same GQP cheering on Putin as trump praises his genius. We need to honor Ukraine courage by our on outrage. You are right, Biden needs to shout this democracy destroying GQP tactics in their faces. This is how Putin got 98 percent of votes for permanent power. If we do not stop it, our President forever will be trumps golden statue and the power of Putin behind it. All the trumps are lined up to fill the seat as figure heads while Russian and American oligarchs do the controlling.
KG
(28,752 posts)underpants
(182,877 posts)Hortensis
(58,785 posts)though. She didn't have to.
Otherwise,...
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