NATO expansion ‘not a threat’ – Biden
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The US president said that including Finland and Sweden will “make NATO stronger”

President Joe Biden on Thursday gave his “strong support” to the NATO membership applications of Finland and Sweden. He insisted that the alliance’s continued expansion “is not a threat to any nation,” a point that Russia disputes.

Speaking alongside Finnish President Sauli Niinisto and Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson at the White House, Biden announced that he would submit a report to Congress urging lawmakers to give the green light to including the two Nordic nations in the NATO alliance. Sweden and Finland formally r...

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US reveals record number of its troops in Poland
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Over 12,000 US troops are currently in Poland, but Warsaw and its Baltic allies want even more

The US ambassador to Poland revealed on Thursday that there are 12,600 of America’s military personnel in the EU member state at the moment, the largest number in history. As NATO conducts massive exercises on Ukraine’s doorstep, Poland and the Baltic states have asked for even more troops, according to documents leaked to the press earlier.

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 Please Check Your Ugly Russophobia at the Door
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Physical aggression against Russian diplomats is now deemed “understandable” in the West, Robert Bridge writes.

A dark age of bigotry and prejudice has descended once again upon the European continent, this time against the Russian people, which, unless brought to heel, will result in dire global consequences.

In a display of disrespect not unlike that reserved for Russian athletes, businessmen and chess players, consider how Russian ambassador to Poland, Sergey Andreyev, was treated when he paid homage to Victory Day in Warsaw.

As Andreyev attempted to lay a wreath at a Soviet war memorial, he was doused with a red liquid by a protester. Not only did the Polish authorities fail in the simple task of securing the site so the Russian delegation could, peacefully, commemorate the Soviet defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II, but they actually rationalized the humiliating assault.

“The gathering of opponents of the Russian aggression against Ukraine, where genocidal crimes are committed every day, was legal,” Polish Interior Minister Mariusz Kaminski wrote on Twitter. “The emotions of Ukrainian women, who took part in the protest and whose husbands are bravely fighting to defend their homeland, are understandable.”

Touched by the resilience, determination and hospitality of @ZelenskyyUA & @Denys_Shmyhal.

I return with a clear to do list:

1. This war will be won on the battlefield. Additional €500 million from the #EPF are underway. Weapon deliveries will be tailored to Ukrainian needs. pic.twitter.com/Jgr61t9FfW

— Josep Borrell Fontelles (@JosepBorrellF) April 9, 2022

Yes, you’ve heard that right. Physical aggression against Russian diplomats is now deemed “understandable.” Kaminski then goes on to perpetuate the ‘Russian aggression’ myth without ever mentioning what forced Moscow to open its special operation in Ukraine in the first place. That is no small oversight. For eight long years, the Russian-speaking population of the Donbass endured regular attacks by an illegitimate government in Kiev, which rose to power on the back of a U.S.-led coup in 2014. Yet not a peep from Kaminski about those unmistakable episodes of ‘Ukrainian aggression.’

It stands to reason that had such a balance of information been provided to a hoodwinked public, more people would at least understand what has triggered Moscow’s actions. But any semblance of balance in the discussion is the last thing that NATO land wants.

But the insane rhetoric coming from Eastern Europe was only warming up.

This week, Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki wrote in an opinion piece about the perils of “Russian nationalism,” which has absolutely nothing to do with what spurred Moscow to action.

Russian nationalism “is a cancer which is consuming not only the majority of Russian society, but also poses a deadly threat to the whole of Europe,” Morawiecki argued, before coming dangerously close to suggesting full-blown confrontation with Russia. “Therefore, it is not enough to support Ukraine in its military struggle with Russia. We must root out this monstrous new ideology entirely.”

It’s very difficult to understand how an individual who occupies such a high level of office could u...

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