A new more popular for European Defense dimension you know knowing that respect he figs probably that nato should give wayne a name is in the subtle signs to a new European Union or it is from the European Union perhaps led by france in a way and you think that was being signaled by install timber when he said the United States is going to cut funding for nato and that funding is going to be made up by Johnson Merkel of germany well you know now that is the discussion about if american president you know his views about nato but you know in the end you know if you look at facts more than water to say here and there in various capitals i see it all around us table again is a shot i dont know if you have it with me you know i dont think many things happen in a major by the way and as far as i know even in United States there have been recent polls and there is a large majority of populations supporting later on in spite of all that so when nato member turkey. Takes russian s. 400. 00 Mis
Mean by that you know it is not a day that hes agree with the secretary general is that i say that nato always always adapting you know it has been adapting since the end though to cold war you know and so it continues to adopt and of course it is true that the way to that kind of sadat is changing and chinas rise then made to last what up so the secular now is rising his old times if you like. What peace has nato actually kept in its 70 years i mean right at the beginning there was the killing of 20 percent of the population of north korea by nature nations there was a cause vietnam 4000000 dead tens of millions have been killed or wounded or displaced because nato nations attacked iraq has nato ever helped peace whoa you know i dont think that you ask me the right question because. Youre right in terms of the people who had that in those bloody walsall but i dont think that you can blame a toehold that you know as a matter of fact nato is never been in vietnam in order to play the di
Secular now is writing his own times if you like. Wouldnt peace has nato actually kept in its 70 years i mean right at the beginning there was the killing of 20 percent of the population of north korea by nature nations there was a cause vietnam 4000000 dead tens of millions have been killed or wounded or displaced because nato nations attacked iraq and nato ever helped peace whoa you know i dont think that you ask me the right question because. Youre right in terms of the people who had that in those bloody walsall but i dont think that you can blame a toehold that you know as a matter of fact they had all of never been in vietnam. You know to play the dimension meter nationals is a different frame you know we are speaking about nato as an organization i made was what i got as actual as it is mainly a piece if you will remember history you know even the cold war was called the cold war because there was peace of the old. No peace for a lot of the nations in the developing world arguab
You were actually acting secretary general for a while about the conference the bulletin of atomic scientists when estimating the threat of earths destruction due to nuclear war claims with 2 minutes to midnight you think Something Like that will be on the minds of nato and leaders this week well i dont think so why do why you ask me this question on against altenburg is saying that nato faces a bigger and bigger threats and that in fact nato has to be prepared for coverage ations theoretically with russia and with china well you know. Dont train that are more and more frets and maybe the world is confused but rather stable i mean in terms of frights as far as i know and so you know russia ive tried out they are why the yacht i bade i dont fit in they are actually menacing the. President made all more than they did before. All so i dont see this raising of threats lets put it that way say you dont agree with nato secretary general against dalton even saying that he wants to nato to mak
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