A U.S. General's Blunt Talk On Ukraine

NATO's Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR) U.S. Air Force General Philip Mark Breedlove attends the Opening Remarks of the NATO Military Committee Conference in Budapest, September 14, 2013. Credit: Reuters/Bernadett Szabo

The General Says What Politicians Won't About Ukraine -- Daniel Goure, Real Clear Defense

It is beyond ironic that as we approach the 100th anniversary of the start of World War One, the world is contemplating the very real possibility of a third such conflagration. Since the collapse of the Soviet Union and the artificial division of the continent imposed by Moscow, the dream – no the imperative – has been the creation of a Europe whole, secure and free.

To that end, the United States, NATO, the European Union, indeed the Western democracies as a whole, were willing to seek significant accommodations with Russia on such issues as the presence of nuclear weapons in successor states, limits on missile defenses, the permanent stationing of NATO forces in Eastern Europe and the entry of Russia into the G-8.

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My Comment: General Philip Breedlove has certainly been busy in the past few weeks on making his views public on the Ukraine crisis. I originally thought that he was going rogue .... saying things that were not approved by the White House or by the Pentagon. It appears that I have been in error .... he has been saying what they want to say ... because they are uncomfortable saying it themselves.