Military Madness > According to Dutch media, Rutte will be next Secretary General of NATO - Good news or bad news, or both; NATO raking in record monies for war industries

 

Dutch media says Rutte will be NATO's new SG

Anneke de Laaf

Well, spokesman for the Yankee NATO masters, actually, but he seems pleased (and our state media proud), especially since the other international career moves he was interested in didn’t quite materialize.

He had to do some butt kissing to get there, wrote a letter (but not quite an apology) to Orban who was not best pleased with some of Mark’s remarks. Promises were made to Slovakia and probably to Romania, whose own candidate is now expected to withdraw from the race. What promises exactly may become clear in the coming weeks and months.

Rutte will have his hands full, having to sell either Washington’s war in (or escalated military occupation of) Europe or Kiev’s capitulation. He may be the one to have to sign the peace deal with Putin.

One thing in his favour: he is not dogmatic, able to adjust easily to whatever his masters need him to do. That is probably the main reason why Washington picked him.

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23 NATO allies on track to meet

defense spending target

By Sheri Walsh

President Joe Biden greets NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg on Monday at the White House in Washington, D.C., where he announced "a record number of allies are meeting NATO's commitment to spend at least 2% of their GDP on defense." Photo by Chris Kleponis /UPI | License Photo

June 17 (UPI) -- President Joe Biden met with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg on Monday at the White House, where he announced a record number of allies are on track this year to reach the NATO's 2% spending threshold.

"We have a very important announcement to make today," Biden said in remarks before his meeting with Stoltenberg. "A record number of allies are meeting NATO's commitment to spend at least 2% of their gross domestic product on defense."

NATO allies agreed during a 2014 summit to increase their domestic defense spending to 2% of their GDP.

"In fact, the number is more than double since we took office and I look forward to building on all this progress next month," Biden added.

*This is a big deal for the USA considering that most of those dollars spent by NATO countries will be spent in the USA. That's the whole point of getting hapless NATO ministers to agree to the 2%. It has nothing to do with safety or security, if anything, it will increase the danger of war in Europe.

The announcement comes just weeks before Biden is scheduled to host NATO's 75th anniversary summit in Washington, D.C.

"Great to be back in the United States and meet POTUS to prepare for our NATO summit in July, where we will strengthen support to Ukraine," Stoltenberg wrote Monday in a post on X.

"At that summit, we will celebrate the 75th anniversary of the most successful alliance in history but also make important decisions for the future not least on the issue of investing in our security."

*Sounds like the war oligarch-in-chief thinks he can squeeze more money out of Europe and Canada.

"Today, we published new numbers on defense spending, showing 23 NATO allies now spend 2% of GDP on defense," Stoltenberg added. "Across Europe and Canada, NATO allies are increasing defense spending by 18% and that's the biggest increase in decades."

*And were it not for NATO's proxy war in Ukraine, it would all be completely unnecessary.

Former President Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, has repeatedly criticized NATO allies for not spending more on defense and had threatened to pull the United States from the alliance if other countries failed to increase spending.

During their meeting Monday, Biden and Stoltenberg discussed defense spending progress, along with steps NATO allies are taking to support Ukraine and "deepen partnerships, including in the Indo-Pacific," according to the White House.

*Yes, the Indo-Pacific needs to be part of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. The more, the better for war industries.

During next month's summit, NATO allies could introduce initiatives to institutionalize the alliance's support for Ukraine, from weapons procurement to financial support.

"The stronger the support for Ukraine is, the sooner this war can end," Stoltenberg said Monday, "and the sooner President Putin will realize he cannot wait us out."

*Stoltenberg is not so stupid as to believe that for a second. He is flat-out lying! But then, the real purpose here is to keep the war going as long as they can, because that's how you move the inventories of war, and that how the war oligarchs get filthy rich.

Rutte should be good at this!

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