NATO's strengthened Eastern flank and forward presence in the region must be sustained indefinitely because visible Russian brutality—the corpses and atrocities left behind in Ukrainian territories—proves that deterrence requires demonstrating readiness and resolve to defend, which preparation itself provides.
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“we see what's left when Russia is expelled out from the territories we see that it's only misery and deaths and corpses...preparation for for defense which in itself means deterrence because you deter by by showing that you you are ready to defend um must be must be strengthened”
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Battlegrounds w/ H.R. McMaster | Lithuania: On the Frontline of European Security— Hoover InstitutionCreated: 8/11/2026, 4:44:48 AM
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