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**Warnings? Not threats? Of course Russia didn’t threaten. And did in fact warn…**

**Threats are general. Warnings are specific**

**Russia warned if nukes were used against the nation, that is if Russia were attacked and not the other way around their would be a response.**

**Russia warned. So what does NATO opt to do?**

[Hold Nuclear Exercises, of course](https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/nato-to-hold-nuclear-exercise-despite-warnings-from-russia)
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**And nothing has ever happened while ‘exercises’ were taking place, right? Right?** **`9/11. London Bombing. `**

**To name two ‘coincidences’ off the top of my head.**

**Never mind the additional unnecessary tension……**

> **NATO will push ahead with long-planned nuclear exercises next week**
> 
> **The exercise, dubbed “Steadfast Noon,” is held annually and usually runs for about one week.** It involves fighter jets capable of carrying nuclear warheads but does not involve any live bombs. Conventional jets, and surveillance and refueling aircraft also routinely take part.
> 
> **Fourteen of the 30 NATO member countries will be involved in the exercise**

![](https://i0.wp.com/pennyforyourthoughts2.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/image-13.png?resize=502%2C334&ssl=1)Stoltenberg has always been a suspicious character, in my opinion.**Perhaps readers recall him from this incident?**

\*[Breivik, Prime Minister Stoltenberg and the mass shooting in Norway?](https://www.reuters.com/article/us-norway-killings-pm-idUSTRE76M0PK20110723)
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**NATO’s nuclear exercises**

> ***“It would send a very wrong signal if we suddenly now cancelled a routine, long-time planned exercise because of the war in Ukraine. That would be absolutely the wrong signal to send,”* Stoltenberg told reporters** on the eve of a meeting of NATO defense ministers in Brussels.
> 
> ***“NATO’s firm, predictable behavior, ( how to define firm and predictable?) our military strength, is the best way to prevent escalation,”*** he said. “If we now created the grounds for any misunderstandings, miscalculations in Moscow about our willingness to protect and defend all allies, we would increase the risk of escalation.”

**Or perhaps by holding off on the exercise NATO could look non inflammatory. Or like a ‘defensive’ pact rather than the offensive one it actually is?** **I’m just saying!**

> NATO as an organization does not possess any weapons. The nuclear weapons nominally linked to NATO remain under the firm control of three member countries — the U.S., U.K. and France. The alliance’s secretive Nuclear Planning Group will meet on Thursday among defense ministers.
> 
> “**We are closely monitoring Russia’s nuclear forces,” Stoltenberg said. “We have not seen any changes in Russia’s posture, but we remain vigilant.”**

**Perhaps NATO’s exercise will incite a change in Russia’s posture?**