Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
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We will not move NATO one inch to the east. So then five years later in 1997, Zbigniew Brzezinski, who was kind of the father of the neocons, who was a Democrat at that time, served in the Carter administration. He said he published a paper, a blueprint paper. for moving NATO right up to the Russian border, a thousand miles to the east, and taking over 14 nations.
And at that time, George Kennan, who was kind of the deity of American diplomats, he was probably, arguably, the most important diplomat in American history. He was the architect of the containment policy during World War II. And he said, this is It's insane and it's unnecessary. And if you do this, it's going to provoke the Russians to a violent response.
And at that time, George Kennan, who was kind of the deity of American diplomats, he was probably, arguably, the most important diplomat in American history. He was the architect of the containment policy during World War II. And he said, this is It's insane and it's unnecessary. And if you do this, it's going to provoke the Russians to a violent response.
And at that time, George Kennan, who was kind of the deity of American diplomats, he was probably, arguably, the most important diplomat in American history. He was the architect of the containment policy during World War II. And he said, this is It's insane and it's unnecessary. And if you do this, it's going to provoke the Russians to a violent response.
And we should be making friends with the Russians. They lost the Cold War. We should be treating them the way that we treated our adversaries afterwards. World War II, like with a Marshall Plan to try to help them incorporate into Europe and to be part of the brotherhood of, you know, of man and of Western nations.
And we should be making friends with the Russians. They lost the Cold War. We should be treating them the way that we treated our adversaries afterwards. World War II, like with a Marshall Plan to try to help them incorporate into Europe and to be part of the brotherhood of, you know, of man and of Western nations.
And we should be making friends with the Russians. They lost the Cold War. We should be treating them the way that we treated our adversaries afterwards. World War II, like with a Marshall Plan to try to help them incorporate into Europe and to be part of the brotherhood of, you know, of man and of Western nations.
We shouldn't continue to be treating them as an enemy and particularly surrounding them at their borders. William Perry, who was then the Secretary of Defense, under Bill Clinton, threatened to resign. He was so upset by this plan to move NATO to the east. And William Burns, who was then the U.S. ambassador to the Soviet Union, who is now, at this moment, said at that time the same thing.
We shouldn't continue to be treating them as an enemy and particularly surrounding them at their borders. William Perry, who was then the Secretary of Defense, under Bill Clinton, threatened to resign. He was so upset by this plan to move NATO to the east. And William Burns, who was then the U.S. ambassador to the Soviet Union, who is now, at this moment, said at that time the same thing.
We shouldn't continue to be treating them as an enemy and particularly surrounding them at their borders. William Perry, who was then the Secretary of Defense, under Bill Clinton, threatened to resign. He was so upset by this plan to move NATO to the east. And William Burns, who was then the U.S. ambassador to the Soviet Union, who is now, at this moment, said at that time the same thing.
If you do this, it is going to provoke the Russians toward a military response. And we moved all around Russia. We moved to 14 nations, 1,000 miles to the east, and we put Aegis missile systems in two nations in Romania and Poland. So we did what the Russians had done to us in 1962 that would have provoked the invasion of Cuba.
If you do this, it is going to provoke the Russians toward a military response. And we moved all around Russia. We moved to 14 nations, 1,000 miles to the east, and we put Aegis missile systems in two nations in Romania and Poland. So we did what the Russians had done to us in 1962 that would have provoked the invasion of Cuba.
If you do this, it is going to provoke the Russians toward a military response. And we moved all around Russia. We moved to 14 nations, 1,000 miles to the east, and we put Aegis missile systems in two nations in Romania and Poland. So we did what the Russians had done to us in 1962 that would have provoked the invasion of Cuba.
We put those missile systems back there, and then we walk away unilaterally, walk away from the two nuclear missile treaties, the intermediate nuclear missile treaties that we had with Russia. when neither of us would put those missile systems on the borders. We walk away from that and we put Aegis missile systems, which are nuclear capable.
We put those missile systems back there, and then we walk away unilaterally, walk away from the two nuclear missile treaties, the intermediate nuclear missile treaties that we had with Russia. when neither of us would put those missile systems on the borders. We walk away from that and we put Aegis missile systems, which are nuclear capable.
We put those missile systems back there, and then we walk away unilaterally, walk away from the two nuclear missile treaties, the intermediate nuclear missile treaties that we had with Russia. when neither of us would put those missile systems on the borders. We walk away from that and we put Aegis missile systems, which are nuclear capable.
They can carry the Tomahawk missiles, which have nuclear warheads. So the last country that they didn't take was the Ukraine. And the Russians said, and in fact, Bill Perry said this, or William Burns said it, so now they had a CIA. It is a red line. If we go into, if we bring NATO into Ukraine, that is a red line for the Russians. They cannot live with it. They cannot live with it.
They can carry the Tomahawk missiles, which have nuclear warheads. So the last country that they didn't take was the Ukraine. And the Russians said, and in fact, Bill Perry said this, or William Burns said it, so now they had a CIA. It is a red line. If we go into, if we bring NATO into Ukraine, that is a red line for the Russians. They cannot live with it. They cannot live with it.
They can carry the Tomahawk missiles, which have nuclear warheads. So the last country that they didn't take was the Ukraine. And the Russians said, and in fact, Bill Perry said this, or William Burns said it, so now they had a CIA. It is a red line. If we go into, if we bring NATO into Ukraine, that is a red line for the Russians. They cannot live with it. They cannot live with it.
Russia has been invaded three times through the Ukraine. The last time it was invaded, we killed, or the Germans killed one out of every seven Russians. They destroyed, my uncle described what happened to Russia in his famous American University speech in 1963, 60 years ago this month.