Posted on 07/10/2022 11:30:03 PM PDT by UMCRevMom@aol.com
Maybe this is part of why Lukashenko is somewhat reticent to join the fray. And, of course, this could simply be propaganda.
Wonder if NATO is planning a Ukrainian attack on Belarus. I mean why not, since they are just playing RISK.
The Belarussian people don’t want to be involved in this war. We have quite a few Belarussians in Poland - yes nearly all of them ran from the country as they can’t stand their dictator Lukashenko.
all of them oppose the war.
The military in Belarus is also incredibly weak - Lukashenko did that to prevent any coups. He has a group of bully militia’s to prevent coups, but the military itself is basically a weakly armed battalion.
Even if they WANTED to, they couldn’t invade Ukraine.
I find it amusing that the article refers to Lukashenko as “self-proclaimed” and “unrecognized” when he is the de facto President of Belarus, even if he does come across as a bit unhinged at times.
(Of course, media and political concerns about contested elections are highly selective; they have no issue talking about vote fraud in Belarussian elections, but talking about the same in America’s elections are beyond the pale...)
Yes, let's all just ignore the purport of this article and/or side-step the question (of Belarus instability) entirely and instead waste time focusing on purely hypothetical speculations, shall we?
Regards,
Early in this war it appeared the people of Belarus really didn’t want Russia attacking from their territory. It was reported that Belarusian railway workers were sabotaging the Russians whenever they could. That may be one reason Putin pulled out of the Kiev attack and moved his forces out of Belarus and to the east.
LOL, perfect! Much better than the comment I was going to make.
And just remember, Kramer who played Putin, said Ukraine was weak on the subway.
PREDICTION: After letting Russia bring troops in to attack Ukraine, they’ll cry for help when Putin declares Belarus part of Russia. Hell, the troops are already there - now’s the time! And then the USA will send Belarus $100 billion (which gets split between the deepstate and Putin).
He needs to be Cauecescued.
We have one of those here in the U.S. In fact he often can't even recognize his wife from his sister from his veep.
Lukashenko may not be popular but he’s being realistic, Belarus needs cheap energy from Russia to stay afloat or they will become another economic basket case like Ukraine. Seeing as to how the Western democracies are broke and heavily in debt themselves, how much welfare do these countries expect to receive by kissing up to NATO?
It would be in the best interest of all these ex-Soviet block countries bordering Russia to retain a neutral stance towards Russia instead of having a hostile relationship with them. Europe itself is committing economic suicide sanctioning Russian energy. Really they are just a bunch of idiots over there.
Lukashenko may be having thoughts about what happened to Ceaucescue in Romania
You are right. Our foster daughter and her husband are in Belarus and very much want to leave legally. Right now the next visa appointments in Warsaw are for fall of 2023!
Putin already lost Finland to NATO and now could lose Belarus to a revolt. Unintended consequences. Too bad.
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