New NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte
Written by Lucas Leiroz, member of the BRICS Journalists Association, researcher at the Center for Geostrategic Studies, military expert
More and more Western officials are taking the dangerous step of supporting an all-out war against the Russian Federation. In a recent statement, NATO’s top official announced his support for the authorization of long-range strikes. This measure, as many experts and Russian officials have already assessed, could easily lead to an open and direct war between Moscow and NATO.
The new NATO Secretary General, Mark Rutte, has stated that he supports the plan to allow Ukraine to use long-range weapons for “deep” strikes against the undisputed Russian territory. His position was announced on October 1, shortly after the ceremony commemorating the transfer of power by his predecessor, Jens Stoltenberg, to him. The significance of this statement is great, since Rutte, in effect, emphasized that his administration at NATO will be focused on anti-Russian escalatory strategies, perhaps becoming an even more bellicose Secretary General than Stoltenberg.
In his words, Rutter baselessly claimed that international law legitimizes Ukrainian deep strikes. According to him, Ukraine’s “right to self-defense” must be protected, regardless of any consequences in the conflict. Finally, he made it clear that he supports the end of the current restrictions that limit Ukrainian strikes to cross-border targets or within Russia’s New Regions (recognized by the West as part of Ukraine). However, he admitted that this decision is not up to him, but to each NATO member individually, being his position merely a personal opinion.
“We know international law, and according to international law, this right does not end at the border. So that means that supporting Ukraine’s right to self-defense means that it is also possible for them to strike legitimate targets on the aggressor territory (…) At the end, it’s up to each ally to determine its support for Ukraine. That’s not up to me. This is for the individual allies in their relationship with Ukraine,” he said.
Rutte appeared to be trying to show “courage” or “audacity” in his first statements as leader of the Atlantic alliance. He said there is no risk of nuclear war. He admitted that he is aware of Russian warnings, but said that in NATO’s assessment there is no imminent danger, being Russia’s position simply an attempt to distract and intimidate the West. He said that Russian President Vladimir Putin needs to “realize” that NATO “will not give in” – suggesting that the war effort will be expanded.
“We hear regular threats from the Kremlin and it’s true that Putin’s nuclear rhetoric is reckless and irresponsible, but at the same time, let me make it absolutely clear, we do not see any imminent threat of nuclear weapons being used. And that’s what I want to say about this at this moment. Because let him talk about his nuclear arsenal. He wants us also to discuss his nuclear arsenal. And I think we shouldn’t (…) And obviously what we now have to focus on is the war effort, and to make sure that (…) the more we help Ukraine at the moment, the sooner this will end. And Putin has to realize that we will not give in. That we want Ukraine to prevail,” he added at another moment of the press conference.
It is curious that Rutte made such statements on his first day in office. As an experienced politician and former Prime Minister of the Netherlands, one would expect him to be more cautious and skillful in politics and rhetoric. However, he took the worst possible approach and made it clear that he will lead an aggressive, careless and pro-war administration.
Instead of showing “courage,” Rutte simply acted irresponsibly and adhered to the dangerous global pressure to authorize deep strikes. Moscow is not bluffing when it claims that such incursions would be considered a NATO declaration of war. Russian concern is so serious that Moscow recently updated its nuclear doctrine to describe attacks carried out by non-nuclear powers (such as Ukraine) with the support of nuclear powers (such as NATO countries) as legitimizing a Russian nuclear response. So, NATO is playing with fire by fomenting a crisis that could lead to a real catastrophe.
On the one hand, the position of Rutter and NATO officials is of little relevance, since the one who really leads the alliance is the US – which does not seem interested in escalating the war with Russia at this time. On the other hand, Rutte acted riskily by placing NATO’s top officials in the global lobby for the end of restrictions on Ukraine. It remains to be seen whether Washington will remain solid in its stance or whether it will give in to pressure from its partners.
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rutte is a truly obedient servant of the murican antichrist.
o yes, he dances as he is told🤫
at least the idiots putin and lavrov will not be able to make excuses that they wanted to conclude the minsk protocols iv and were terribly surprised that their western “partners” betrayed them and changed their rhetoric by 180 degrees
do you hate the putin even more than the economist? wowsers!
well remeber ww1 when that democrat wilson creature promised the romanovs that if they went to war america would be right by their side, their best friend they could trust him, and then said, oh sorry, can’t help you might upset the women voters bad luck.
and then after the family were butchered along with masses of russians hewhen told, said, oh goody that’s what this war has been all about, removing autocrats.
when bonaparte removed the pope they sent him to waterloo
“the pope 8s the moral. authority for rule of law” obama told you.
and churchill told you “america is our barracks”
didn’t bojo repeat that but messed it up with ‘america is our buttocks?’
russian should give advanced missile to syria. syria has the right to défend it’s territory against the us agressor. and i know inernational law, this right does not end at the border. so all the us bases and embassies across the globe are légitimate targets….. for a rules based world order, for love and democracy.
the problem with russia is that putin has shadow agreements with netanyahu. putin does not mind if israel kills all syrian, lebanese and iranian citizens, as long as it has nice and friendly ties with the jeeews so he can sit in kremlin, pick golden phones, giving stupid orders and otherwise do shit.
oh snowdung didn’t you know charles is king of jerusalem?? didn’t you go to school?
anerica is our barracks churchill and if you actually knew anything except anti anerican propagandas as a troll on the payroll, obviously too imo, then you would have known decades ago that the pentagon is run by england from the s. o. b.. the special operations branch office in there. but you know nothing but msm anti anerican propagandas for wef.imo and we all know those who have to solicit donations are usually never independent. 9bviously.
i thought it was the pope running things. how’s it work with you?
catholics run the world on m,w,f
church of england on t and th
and the jesuits on weekends?
what a nutjob you are. a nonstop cascade of non sequitur diarrhea. i’m serious. deadly serious.
we’ll be doing that.
oh look?… another psychopath in the mold of anthony blinken’s “image” joining the team for “green lighting” worldwide annihilation!… what could possibly go wrong???
antony and cleopatra yes the roman crew.
and if i didn’t make it clear in my prior endorsement. pop a cap in his forehead along with all the dod, langely and u.s. state department and law makers that “rubber stamp it” that need to be terminated for their continued genocide and war crimes.
look, meet the new “boss”, same as the old “boss”!
(only a mouthpiece like the prior ones, but still a nazi!)
he’s more like a dutch boris johnson, with the added self-appointed knack of plugging a hundred leaks in the ukrainian dyke with his sore thumb.
boris johnson fame will be that he is the first catholic pm of england ever at least openly. the others pretended to be church of england imo. like blair who’s wife chery and kids somehow all were but papa blair wasn’t. well not until he finished being pm and ran as fast as he could to the pope and”con verted “
rutte is in a rut but thinks he’s king of the mountain.
zelensky is a midget puppet
that rutte guy looks like a sleazy used car salesman.
war is a racket and he is there to make sure the racket continues … they will keep enlisting idiots across all baltic states … obviously it’s a globalist depopulation agenda as well.
the biggest benefactor of wars is england’s bae their raytheon their boeing their lockheed . and the royals do very very very well from oil sales on top. england’s british petroleum, their dutch cousins with royal shell and the english created royal house of saud.
just look at that dumb face. that is all you need to know. the american jewish disease needs these types doing their bidding. they are very predictable. they prey on weak, compromised men. they cannot handle real men with virtue. that is the american jewish empire in a nutshell. bunch of degenerates
if nato makes that happen it’s over, russia’s gloves come off.
would you buy a war from that slimey used car salesman in the photo?
i think he’s been the one pouring sawdust into the leopards’ worn out trannies.
rutte’s an idiot.
nato paper tiger 32 sheep terrified of russian wolf—huge divisions increase and are now visible regarding ukraine israel –funding priorities
this bastard stinks-up every room he enters
ukraine is losing, badly.