Blaine Holt to Newsmax: Blinken's Ukraine NATO Push Fuels WWIII Fears

Retired Brig. Gen. Blaine Holt, speaking to Newsmax, condemned Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s assertion of Ukraine’s eventual NATO membership as “irresponsible” and cautioned against the possibility of escalating tensions with Russia to the point of triggering World War III.

During a Thursday press briefing in Brussels, Blinken said, “Ukraine will become a member of NATO. Our purpose at the summit is to help build a bridge to that membership.”

Holt said, “If we admitted Ukraine into the alliance, we would be at World War III immediately. And if we put troops into Ukraine, the red lines from the Russians have been drawn, and they’re pretty clear.”