Linda Thomas-Greenfield: “We do have concerns about command and control. There are a lot of militias that are formed separate from this battle.”

This is part of their playbook. They have done this before. They did it in 2014, and it was not accepted.

We plan to have solid support for it. And then we will move it to the General Assembly if we have to, as we did in the past.

The alliance is strong. NATO is stronger than it`s ever been, and the European alliance and partnership with the United States is stronger than it`s ever been.

It’s very difficult to take any of the five permanent members with veto rights over anything that goes on in the Security Council, it’s hard to get them off.