Posted on 05/26/2025 12:59:37 PM PDT by ExpatCanuck
Awaiting the flames lol.
But I care more about the well-being of any European country than I do for any African, Asian, or Middle Eastern country, for the simple reason that I am of European origin.
America First.
Europe Second.
The rest of the world somewhere behind those other two.
No flames from me. I never did GAS one way or the other, except for the hundreds of billions of U.S. taxpayer money being squandered.
It’ll be like Afghanistan all over again to them.
I think there’s a concern Putin would move against the Baltic states or one of the other for Soviet bloc countries. But that’d involve NATO. Poland may not want the Bear on their doorstep in light of prior history.
FWIW, I agree with all of the posts here so far.
That’s gotta be a FR record.
(Up through #6…)
Ukraine wants the return of Crimea (out of the question) and the Donbas (almost equally unlikely).Neither of those things will happen. If you focus on the possible, it's easier to understand the solution.Russia says it wants the whole of Ukraine.
Watch out, Alberta.
Trump will be forced to show that he'll support NATO. And that means thousands of American troops to the Baltics.
Trump will no longer be able to criticize NATO. The Europeans will have the upper hand.
Zeeper Butthurt will be Infinite.
As my fellow Canadian Norm McDonald might have said… My goodness gracious, that would be a battle to watch!
Nobody cares.🥱
Will you hold this position as Russian reconstitutes the USSR one country at a time?
Russia knows the Western countries (Baltics, Finland, Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, Czech Republic) are gone from its sphere of influence forever. Expect Russia to exert pressure on Orthodox countries in NATO with Romania being the first. Russia still considers the Orthodox civilization to be in its sphere of influence. Along with the large Russian ethnic concentration in Donbas/Crimea, that's why Russia took direct action in Ukraine.
The other NATO countries will have mandatory conscription. Russia will have to replenish itself so it may take awhile.
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