Russia's War Against Ukraine
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Paul Goble: ‘Americans are prepared to die for Latvia,’ Nuland says
US Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs Victoria Nuland (L) and Latvian Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkevics address a press conference at the Foreign Ministry in Riga on November 20, 2014. AFP PHOTO / ILMARS ZNOTINS
Staunton, November 22 – When the Ukrainian crisis began, some commentators in the West suggested that NATO would not in the end fight to defend the Baltic countries even though the latter are full members of NATO by asking “who is prepared to die for Narva?” But now a senior US State Department has given a clear and unequivocal answer: Western countries are.
