vice president kamala harris claimed In an October 22 interview, he said that Europe had “seen and seen war” “for the first time in 70 years.”

Verdict: Misleading

Several conflicts have occurred in Europe since 1954. The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) bombed Yugoslavia in 1999 as part of its intervention in Kosovo.

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Polls show Harris and her opponent, former President Donald Trump, in a close race for president. NPR. The election will decide who wins in some states, including Pennsylvania, the paper said.

Harris was interviewed by Harry Jackson of NBC News on a variety of topics. Jackson asked Harris about President Joe Biden’s mental state, and Harris said Biden rallied NATO over (supposedly) Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, which she said was “the first time I’ve seen it in 70 years, and He characterized it as a war unlike anything he had ever seen before.

“I’ve spent hours and hours working with Joe Biden over the last four years, both in the Situation Room and in the Oval Office. Joe Biden was able to unite NATO in times of crisis. A person. This is the first time in 70 years that Europe has experienced, and has experienced, war.” Harris said.

This claim is misleading. Europe has experienced at least one major conflict since 1954. According to reports, the Balkan wars of the 1990s took place during the breakup of Yugoslavia. BBC News. NATO intervened It participated in Allied operations in Kosovo in an operation that lasted from March to June 1999.

NATO website read:

• “The direct rule of Albanian-majority states from Belgrade in 1989 led to a wave of tension and violence between Serbs in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and Albanians in Kosovo.
• President Milosovic’s policy of ethnic cleansing has created a flow of refugees and internally displaced persons.
• In 1999, after all diplomatic measures had failed, NATO launched an air operation to stop the humanitarian catastrophe unfolding in Kosovo.
• Allied operations began on 24 March 1999 and ceased on 10 June 1999, lasting a total of 78 days.
• On June 10, 1999, the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia accepted the withdrawal of its military, police and paramilitary forces and the deployment of an effective international civil security force. ”

At least one expert claimed that there had never been a war in Europe since World War II. Scholar Laust Schoenborg writes: Articles from 2010 According to the Spice Digest of Stanford University’s Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, “There is no war in Europe…”

There has been no war in Europe since World War II. That’s if you exclude the Balkan wars of the 1990s, but more on that later,” Schoenborg writes. (Related: Image of Chris Evans allegedly signing Israeli bomb aimed at Gaza is incorrectly captioned)

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine was announced as the largest war in Europe since World War II. new york times. Ukrainian fought There was ample evidence of clashes with separatists in Donbass from 2014 to 2022. russian army intervened In 2014, he played in Donbas against Ukraine.

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