Starting World War III?

Aileen Zimmerman
Dialogue & Discourse

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Montenegro’s Relationship with The United States

Matt Dunham — AP

The claim made by President Trump earlier this week is all everyone is talking about, when he declared, or rather, insinuated, that he would not defend Montenegro if they were attacked, and that it could very well start World War III. Well, hold on just a minute; let’s not get hasty. Naturally, I needed to look into this immediately to understand what was said, and how on earth the United States defending Montenegro, a country with a population of less than 1 million people, could possibly start World War III. And, because of the natural turn of events unfolding in a twisting fashion these days, the Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders then tells us that the President did not mean what he said and that he meant to say that he would defend Montenegro. Let’s take a step back and look at the facts; let’s break all this down into the finite details and first, learn where Montenegro is located in the world, and go from there.

Montenegro

The country of Montenegro may be small, but its citizens are mighty and fierce. Montenegro means “Black Mountain” as it is a land made of mountains and forests. For those with a geography mindset, it is located in Southeastern Europe across from Italy, with the Adriatic Sea to it’s south, Croatia to its west, Bosnia and Herzegovina to its…

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Aileen Zimmerman
Dialogue & Discourse

Public Health specialist with a love for travel, food, thought-provoking conversations, and a newfound interest in geopolitics.