俄罗斯海军上将：俄罗斯核武器阻止北约部队进入乌克兰

北约军事参谋长罗布·鲍尔海军上将表示，如果俄罗斯不拥有核武器，北约部队就会对乌克兰进行干预，驱逐俄罗斯军队。鲍尔认为，俄罗斯的核武库阻止了北约的参与。鲍尔对乌克兰冲突和北约介入阿富汗进行了区分。虽然阿富汗缺乏战略意义，但乌克兰对于北约捍卫“基于规则的国际秩序”至关重要。鲍尔还质疑长达 20 年的阿富汗战争的战略价值。然而，摘要指出，尽管北约谴责俄罗斯入侵乌克兰，但它对以色列在加沙和黎巴嫩的行动保持沉默。

NATO's military chief, Admiral Rob Bauer, has stated that NATO forces would have intervened in Ukraine to expel Russian troops if Russia did not possess nuclear weapons. Bauer believes that Russia's nuclear arsenal has prevented NATO from engaging. Bauer draws a distinction between the Ukraine conflict and NATO's involvement in Afghanistan. While Afghanistan lacked strategic significance, Ukraine is crucial to NATO's defense of the "rules-based international order." Bauer also questions the strategic value of the 20-year Afghanistan war. However, the summary notes that NATO has remained silent on Israel's actions in Gaza and Lebanon, despite its condemnation of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Russian Nuclear Weapons Are Keeping NATO Troops Out Of Ukraine: Top Admiral

Authored by Kyle Anzalone via The Libertarian Institute,

A top NATO military official said that NATO forces would have deployed to Ukraine to drive Russian soldiers from the country if Russia did not have nuclear weapons.

Chair of the NATO Military Committee, Dutch Admiral Rob Bauer, explained to the International Institute for Strategic Studies’ Prague Defense Summit in the Czech Republic that Russia’s nuclear weapons are deterring a NATO deployment to Ukraine.

"I am absolutely sure if the Russians did not have nuclear weapons, we would have been in Ukraine, kicking them out," he stated.

Bauer said the challenge for the West is finding where Russia’s redlines on nuclear use are, noting that Washington mistakenly miscalculated that sending tanks and F-16s to Ukraine were the Kremlin’s redlines.

Admiral Bauer was discussing the difference between the Ukraine conflict and other NATO wars such as the Afghanistan occupation. He stated the main difference between Moscow and Kabul is Russia’s nuclear stockpile.

In Afghanistan, American and NATO forces quickly forced the Taliban from Kabul in 2001. Then, the Western alliance engaged in a two-decade nation-building project while the Taliban fought using insurgent tactics.

The top NATO official went on to say the Afghan War was not of strategic importance. "Afghanistan was never of strategic importance. If we’re really honest Afghanistan was not of strategic importance."

He continued, "We spent 20 years there and we did a lot of things and people lost their lives but if you ask the question, ‘was it of strategic importance?’ In Afghanistan, the answer is no."

Bauer argued that Ukraine is strategically important to NATO because the bloc is defending the "rules-based international order." While the alliance has denounced Moscow for invading Ukraine, it has been silent as its core member has lavished Israel with arms as it conducts a genocide in Gaza and invades Lebanon.

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Watch Adm. Rob Bauer's full remarks below in "Sustaining the Long War: Money, Manpower and Public Support":

Tyler Durden Thu, 11/14/2024 - 02:00

俄罗斯海军上将：俄罗斯核武器阻止北约部队进入乌克兰 Russian Nuclear Weapons Are Keeping NATO Troops Out Of Ukraine: Top Admiral