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Lithuania's 'Iron Lady' Sends Message to Kremlin
'We Will Not Allow Ourselves to be Taken Easily'
Reaganite Republican ^
| 07 May 2015
| Reaganite Republican
Posted on 05/07/2015 10:26:12 AM PDT by Reaganite Republican
the Ukrainian and Crimean situation ... we're not fearing anybody'
While others like the Czechs, Slovaks, and Hungary act like they're afraid of/corrupted by the Russians, Baltic Lithuania -with a population of just over 3M people- seem to be cut of a bit different cloth, something more akin to Polish defiance to today's nothing-but-bad-news Kremlin...
The diminutive NATO country is currently holding 'Little Green Men' war games meant to signify to the Kremlin that Lithuanians will fight
-and effectively- in response to any Russian provocation.
Lithuania has a sizable Russian minority -forced on them in Soviet times- that could dress-up and play soldier ala Donbas... provided it's not nipped-in-the-bud (like it's gonna be).
The military exercises are meant to prepare Lithuania forces for 'rebel' attacks on infrastructure, military depots, government buildings, etc... including their new LNG terminal that allows import of foreign gas, freeing them of the Russian's energy-bullying tactics.
Some 3,000 troops will be involved in this week's 'Lightning Strike' exercise, simulating a response to armed groups seizing local government buildings, weapons stockpiles and airports to form a separatist government, as happened in Crimea and other parts of Ukraine.
'The exercise will involve dealing with what can be generally called the 'little green men',' Donatas Suchockis, spokesman for Lithuanian Army's Joint Staff, told Reuters.
It began in Klaipeda port, where "Independence", a floating liquid natural gas (LNG) terminal, arrived last year. An explosion was simulated in a gas pipeline connected to the terminal, while guards dealt with "protesters" circling it in small boats.
The high profile war games will help cement the reputation of Grybauskaite as a leading voice of opposition to Russia within the European Union and NATO since the Ukraine crisis wrecked Russia's relations with the West last year.
Looks like they prize the freedom and prosperity of the last 20+ years...
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TOPICS: History; Military/Veterans; Politics
KEYWORDS: kremlin; lithuania; nato; russia; russians
To: AdvisorB; ken5050; sten; paythefiddler; gattaca; bayliving; SeminoleCounty; chesley; Vendome; ...
To: Reaganite Republican
It appears that in laymen’s terms the Lithuanians are fortunate to have other than the enemy within governing their land. Ukraine wasn’t so fortunate.
Neither are we.
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posted on
05/07/2015 10:32:29 AM PDT
by
rockinqsranch
((Dems, Libs, Socialists, call 'em what you will. They ALL have fairies livin' in their trees.))
To: rockinqsranch
To: Reaganite Republican
Perhaps we will see a resurrection of The Commonwealth.
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posted on
05/07/2015 10:40:43 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: Reaganite Republican
I’m half Lithuanian and went to a Lithuanian grade school.
Sang and danced about Lithuanian independence all the while they were under the grip of the Soviets.
I do fear for this little country.
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posted on
05/07/2015 11:07:05 AM PDT
by
peteyd
(A dog may bite you in the ass,but it will never stab you in the back.)
To: Bigg Red
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posted on
05/07/2015 11:28:09 AM PDT
by
Bigg Red
(Let's put the ship of state on Cruz Control with Ted Cruz.)
To: rockinqsranch
“Neither are we.”
Our government was taken over by the Commies in the thirties.
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posted on
05/07/2015 2:11:17 PM PDT
by
dljordan
(WhoVoltaire: "To find out who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize.")
To: Reaganite Republican
Went out with a Lithuanian gal once.
She was hot
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posted on
05/07/2015 5:49:37 PM PDT
by
Vendome
(Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
To: Vendome
Eastern European girls are really something else in the looks department
To: peteyd
Me too, but sure don’t see any fear coming from Vilnius
To: Reaganite Republican
Too many Russians inhabit Lithuania.
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posted on
05/08/2015 6:49:18 AM PDT
by
peteyd
(A dog may bite you in the ass,but it will never stab you in the back.)
To: Reaganite Republican
This gal had eyes that drew me in like a tractor beam
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posted on
05/08/2015 11:15:12 AM PDT
by
Vendome
(Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
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