{"id":1506619,"date":"2022-06-07T13:20:33","date_gmt":"2022-06-07T17:20:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1506619"},"modified":"2022-06-07T13:20:41","modified_gmt":"2022-06-07T17:20:41","slug":"ron-paul-criticizes-nato-drills-with-sweden-finland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ron-paul-criticizes-nato-drills-with-sweden-finland\/","title":{"rendered":"Ron Paul criticizes NATO drills with Sweden &#038; Finland"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fron-paul-criticizes-nato-drills-with-sweden-finland%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1506619&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div id=\"attachment_2721547\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2721547\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FILE \u2013 Flags flutter in the wind outside NATO headquarters in Brussels, Feb. 7, 2022. With Finland and Sweden taking steps to join NATO, the list of \u201cneutral\u201d countries in Europe appears poised to shrink. Security concerns over Russia\u2019s ongoing invasion of Ukraine changed the calculus for Finland and Sweden which have long espoused neutrality and caused other traditionally \u201cneutral\u201d countries to re-think what that term really means for them. (AP Photo\/Olivier Matthys, File)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN NEWSROOM<br \/>UPDATED 9:52 AM PT \u2013 Tuesday, June 7, 2022<\/h5>\n<p>Former congressman Dr. Ron Paul said expanding NATO to include Sweden and Finland amounts to \u201cforeign adventurism\u201d and \u201cprovocation\u201d paid for by US taxpayers.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>\u201cThey wanna be taken care of, they want to be in NATO, they want the American people to pay for it, that sort of thing,\u201d he stated. \u201cThat to me was disappointing, but also it invites a response also too. This doesn\u2019t go unnoticed with Russia.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>While speaking on his Liberty Report on Monday, Dr. Paul criticized NATO military drills with Sweden and Finland in the Baltic Sea this week. He said those exercises may provoke a response by Russia. Dr. Paul added, there\u2019s no point risking a direct confrontation with Russia over Sweden while the Ukraine crisis is underway.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>\u201cThese war games are just sort of intimidation. Why do it?\u201d he asked. \u201cIf you know what\u2019s going on, if there are problems, why can\u2019t this be solved with, you know, a little bit of discussion and be diplomatic. Instead, it\u2019s always innuendo.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We Need National Defense  \u2014 Not Foreign Adventurism &#038; Provocation<\/p>\n<p>Watch the whole show here: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/R8Mf1Mmm6X\">https:\/\/t.co\/R8Mf1Mmm6X<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8vv67z3hrE\">pic.twitter.com\/8vv67z3hrE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ron Paul (@RonPaul) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RonPaul\/status\/1533864223532515328?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 6, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Dr. Paul stressed America needs national defense instead of endless military adventures in foreign countries.<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/democrats-blame-gop-lawmakers-for-inflation\/\">Democrats Blame GOP Lawmakers For Inflation<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FILE \u2013 Flags flutter in the wind outside NATO headquarters in Brussels, Feb. 7, 2022. 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