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 @9H4CTBZ from Texas  agreed…2yrs2Y

Geopolitical dynamics and the evolving geopolitical landscape may impact the relevance and effectiveness of NATO. Strategic Focus adds a debate about whether NATO's strategic focus aligns with U.S. national interests in all cases as well.

 @Kaiwantsanap  from Ohio  disagreed…2yrs2Y

We are all human beings. What makes your life more valuable than theirs? What makes their safety and freedom less precious? Nothing. Absolutely nothing.

 @B45CSS3 from Pennsylvania  disagreed…4mos4MO

NATO has a policy that states that "an attack on one is an attack on all." Regardless of military defense spending, the US should defend all NATO members in any given situation.

 @9L58VGS from North Carolina  disagreed…1yr1Y

Opposition to NATO tends to mainly come from pacifist organisations, workers movements, environmental groups and green parties, and socialist and communist political parties. Many of them believe NATO to be antithetical to global peace and stability, environmentally destructive, and an obstacle to nuclear disarmament.

 @9H54TVR from New York  disagreed…2yrs2Y

NATO has been an essential piece of global defense since the Cold War. We should not leave them when we have been a part of them for so long

 @9N78MPQfrom Maine  disagreed…1yr1Y

Why would you not want to be in a defence treaty against the dictatorships constantly undermining our democracy. We need to protect the west It is the greatest place in the world and why would we want to lose it?

 @9N8Z82Qfrom Virgin Islands  disagreed…1yr1Y

It could push rival countries, like Russia, to take extreme containment measures, which could lead to broader conflicts

 @9FMNMPF from Pennsylvania  disagreed…2yrs2Y

It is always a pleasure to address this Assembly.
And it is always a pleasure to be back in Madrid.

The last time I came to Madrid was when we had the magnificent NATO Summit here in June.

 @9G5D7T8 from California  disagreed…2yrs2Y

By taking a neutrality stance to the calamity going on around but not helping because these countries like Ukraine are not invloved in NATO is more hurtful than help

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 @ISIDEWITH submitted…8mos8MO

Biden will issue a pardon of his son Hunter Biden

President Joe Biden has decided to issue a pardon for his son Hunter and is expected to announce it Sunday night, according to a senior White House official with direct knowledge of the decision.The decision marks a reversal for the president, who has repeatedly said he would not use his executive authority to pardon his son or commute his sentence. The pardon comes ahead of Hunter Biden’s Dec. 12 sentencing for his conviction on federal gun charges. Hunter Biden also is set to be sentenced in a separate criminal case on Dec. 16, after pleading guilty in September on federal tax evasion charges.The pardon is expected to cover both Hunter Biden’s gun charges conviction and guilty plea.The senior White House official said Biden decided over this weekend to grant his son a pardon and began to inform his senior aides on Sunday. Using his pardon power to assure Hunter Biden does not spend time in jail comes as the 82-year-old president is near the end of his term in the White House and has no future election to face. In recent months Biden has said he would not pardon his son or commute his sentence.“I will not pardon him,” the president said of his son in June after a jury found him guilty on three federal gun charges.President Biden has discussed issuing a pardon for his son with some of his closest aides since at least Hunter Biden’s conviction in June, two people with direct knowledge of the discussions about the matter said. They said a decision was made at the time for the president to publicly say he would not pardon his son even though doing so remained on the table.White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters earlier this month that the president’s position has not changed.

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