From: slider@anashram.com   
      
   Republican Sen. Mitt Romney suggested in a New York Times essay that "NATO   
   could engage" in Ukraine, "potentially obliterating Russia's struggling   
   military" as an option against Russian President Vladimir Putin were he to   
   deploy nuclear weapons.   
      
   The Utah senator also suggested that the West confront China and other   
   Russian-allied nations with an ultimatum.   
      
   "You are either with us, or you are with Russia — you cannot be with   
   both," Romney wrote.   
      
   "Russia's use of a nuclear weapon would unarguably be a redefining,   
   reorienting geopolitical event," Romney continued. "Any nation that chose   
   to retain ties with Russia after such an outrage would itself also become   
   a global pariah."   
      
   Romney warned that a "cornered and delusional" Putin could use nuclear   
   weapons in the war against Ukraine, citing warnings from former Secretary   
   of State Henry Kissinger, Russian ambassador to the US Anatoly Antonov,   
   and CIA Director William Burns.   
      
   Burns warned in April that Putin's "desperation" could result in the use   
   of "tactical nuclear weapons or low-yield nuclear weapons."   
      
   Romney also encouraged the US to continue to support Ukraine's war efforts   
   against Russia. If the US stopped sending weapons and pressured Ukrainian   
   President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to concede to Russia, Romney wrote, Putin   
   would continue (to) "invade and subjugate" other nations.   
      
   President Joe Biden signed a $40 billion aid package Saturday to assist   
   Ukraine; $20 billion will go towards military assistance.   
      
   This week, Russian political scientist Alexei Fenenko told "60 Minutes"   
   that Putin's invasion of Ukraine was a "rehearsal" for a larger conflict   
   and that they were using the war to "test and go up against" NATO weapons.   
      
   https://www.businessinsider.com/romney-nato-could-engage-in-ukra   
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