PUTIN - Under what pretext did they gointo
Iraq? It was Iraq developing weapons of
mass destruction. They went in,
destroyed the country, created a
hotbed of international terrorism and it
turned out that they made a mistake:
“The intelligence failed us”
[Putin Laughing][/i]Wow! They
destroyed a country
[i]“The intelligence failed us” - that is all
they had to say to justify their
actions

PUTIN - Speaking of US policy, it is clear
that the US has the most aggressive
and toughest policy “to defend their
own interests,”
-at least, this is how the American
leader see it-
And they do it persistently
There are basically no Russian troops
abroad while US troops are everywhere.
There are US bases everywhere around
the world and they are always involved
in the fates of other countries even
though they are thousand of kilometers
away from US borders. So it’s ironic that
our US partners accuse us of breaching
some of these rules.

PUTIN - it is not us moving towards NATO
but NATO moving towards us
Therefore saying that Russia is behaving
aggressively is at odds with common
sense.
Have we approached anyone’s border?
No it’s NATO’s infrastructures that has
come close to us

PUTIN - I want to reiterate, I have said this
before but I will really like you to hear
me this time and convey this message to
your readers, viewers and internet
users... do you realize that if Ukraine
joins NATO and decides to take Crimea
back through military means, the
European countries will automatically
get drawn into a military conflict with
Russia?
Of course, NATO’s united potential and
that of Russia is incomparable.
We understand that, but we also
understand that Russia is one of the
world’s leading nuclear power and is
superior to many of those countries in
terms of the number of modern nuclear
force components
But there will be no winners and you
will find yourself drawn into this conflict
against your will
You will be fulfilling Paragraph 5 of the
Treaty of Rome in a heartbeat, even
before you know it
[Putin turning to President Macron]
Of course the president does not want to
see developments unfold in this way, I
do not want it either. That is why he is
here and has been tormenting me for
six hours now with his questions,
guarantees and solutions.
I believe this is a lofty mission and I am
grateful to him for his efforts.
For our part, we will do our best to find
compromises that suit everyone.
They speak of security guarantees from
us but who will guarantee our security

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Maybe if you did not take Crimea by force, maybe Ukraine won't have thought of NATO.

Now you'll have to return Crimea as you'll be negotiating at a disadvantage.