‘We Are Not Ready for What is Coming’: NATO Chief Issues Grimmest Warning Yet as He Says World Must Prepare for WAR

• ‘We Are Not Ready for What is Coming’: NATO Chief Issues Grimmest Warning Yet as He Says World Must Prepare for WAR
  by Patrick Harrington, https://www.the-sun.com/
  There are concerns that Donald Trump is losing patience with the 32-country alliance
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  THE head of Nato has warned the alliance must gear up for war or its members will flounder in the face of Russian aggression. Mark Rutte, Nato’s secretary general, harked back to the Cold War days, when countries cranked up defence spending to over 3 per cent of GDP.
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  “We are still spending far less than during the Cold War. Even though the threats to our freedom and security are just as big — if not bigger,” Rutte said during his first Brussels speech since becoming chief. He insisted the current pledge of 2 per cent in each country is simply not enough to keep Russia at bay.
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  “Russia is preparing for long-term confrontation, with Ukraine and with us,” Rutte said. He made the ominous promise that “we are not ready for what is coming our way in four or five years.”
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