NATO’S Top General Utters The Phrase “Pre-Emptive Strike”

• NATO’S Top General Utters The Phrase “Pre-Emptive Strike”
  by https://halturnerradioshow.com/
  Admiral Giuseppe Cavo Dragone  an Italian admiral who currently serves as Chair of the NATO Military Committee since January 2025, said NATO could consider a “pre-emptive strike” as a defensive response to Russian hybrid attacks.
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  He did this in an Interview with the London Financial Times.  What did he mean “Russian hybrid attacks?”   If Moscow keeps waging what NATO calls cyber sabotage, energy disruption, election interference and drone harassment, NATO might hit first.
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  Russia didn’t even wait an hour before exploding over this comment.  Maria Zakharova – the Kremlin’s spokeswoman, called the remark: “Extremely irresponsible… a deliberate move toward escalation.”
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  She accused NATO of trying to sabotage any remaining diplomatic efforts around Ukraine, and warned the alliance to “understand the risks and consequences” – Kremlin code for: don’t test us. The subtext is obvious: NATO is quietly redefining “defense” to include early action against ALLEGED hybrid warfare. Both sides are inching closer to a zone where miscommunication becomes catastrophe.
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  Hybrid escalation is the new nuclear brinkmanship – fuzzier, faster, and easier to misread. One stray drone, one hacked pipeline, one ambiguous cyberattack, and suddenly NATO’s doctrine is quoting Cavo Dragone while Russia quotes Zakharova. If this feels like Cold War language with Internet speeds – that’s exactly what it is.  It is deadly dangerous and happening today.

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