Gen. Keane: Russian troops likely to invade Belarus if pro-democracy president assumes power

https://www.foxnews.com ^ | 8/18/2020 | Talia Kaplan | Fox News

[RomanSoldier19]

[VeniVidiVici]

I thought Lukashenko and Putin were on the outs?

[aynrandfreak]

Putin wants a contiguous border with Kaliningrad. If he has Belarus, he only needs to slice off a piece of SW Lithuania to finally make it happen.

[Jim Noble]

There is no such nation as “Belarus”.

There is Russia, and there is Poland. The line keeps moving, right now it’s about right.

[rintintin]

Keane is a neocon warmonger-type. I’ve watched him for years on Fox.

[Vermont Lt]

Here is your next “Putin rules Trump” moment. Sometime early next week.

[mac_truck]

Putin wants a contiguous border with Kaliningrad

Interventionist mind-reader speaks!

[adorno]

The invasion that Putin is really afraid of, is democracy.

It’s not about any kind of military invasion. Belarus can’t be allowed to go democratic, where democracy could then spread to Russia and other Russian neighbors.

[Drew68]

Russian troops likely to invade Belarus if pro-democracy president assumes power

Sounds like Belorussia's problem, not mine.

[caww]

Not going to happen.

[caww]

Not going to happen.

[lodi90]

There is no such nation as “Belarus”.

There is Russia, and there is Poland. The line keeps moving, right now it’s about right.

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Belarusians has their own language and culture that is distinctly non Russian. They don’t call Russia the prison of nations for nothing.

[rfp1234]

Belarus: a strategic dagger pointed at the heart of Ukraine.

[Georgia Girl 2]

Putin is deep into his egg money propping up Assad and trying to hang on to the Crimea. With the current price of oil doubtful he has the cash for another adventure.

[donozark]

The Suwalki Corridor may soon become a household name. Or maybe not.

[aynrandfreak]

I'm not necessarily for intervention even if I can read a map and have read enough history to see that rulers often try to make their lands contiguous when they can. In addition, taking slices of a country has been Putin's MO in places like Georgia and Ukraine.

In reality, with our troops only as far as Poland, almost no one would seriously advocate war even if he did take a slice of Lithuania.

[RetiredTexasVet]

No problem for us. Sounds like a problem to be solved by the EU Army. Time for the socialists to go against the communists again.

[bravo whiskey]

Do not see this happening. Belarus is a buffer between Russia and Polish NATO.

[Mariner]

Belarus has always been Russian.

[Mariner]

“Belarusians has their own language and culture that is distinctly non Russian. “

Sorta. At best.

In ancient times there was Great Russia (Russian proper), Little Russia (Ukraine) and White Russia (Belarus).

All the Rus’.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rus%27_people