[Hammerhead]

where the hell are all the Baltic states in this fight?! Why are they silent?! Their next! And all the other satellite states of the former Soviet union? Where the F are they? Are they sitting around waiting to be rescued as well?! Get the hell in there already!

[nuconvert]

“where the hell are all the Baltic states in this fight?! Why are they silent?! Their next!”

Not sure what you mean by “all”. All 3? They’re tiny and NATO countries. So as NATO countries, they are not getting involved

[nbenyo]

Because that would give Putin an excuse to invade their countries as well. We are dealing with a madman.

[Bayard]

Give it til the end of the week if Russia doesn’t start winning IMO. The more Russians look bogged down the more it looks advantageous for either soldiers of fortune or even direct non-NATO involvement.

So fay my predictions are bearing out. Russia doesn’t have a bloodied military. There’s a lot of fat that has to be cut out in a gristmill of war.

Other non-NATO nations will see a weak Russia losing and then want to pile on for Ukraine.

The moment NATO gets involved is the moment Nukes are unleashed.

[Wallace T.]

Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia are NATO members. They are not Slavic but Baltic and Finnic ethnically, and Catholic and Lutheran religiously. While these countries were part of the Tsarist Empire and the Soviet Union, the Baltic States are clearly different from Russia. If Russia invades any of these countries, NATO is obliged to defend them. World War III is then on.

[Georgia Girl 2]

They know they aren’t next so they are staying out of it. This is a military operation not an invasion to occupy. If it was Russian tanks would be sitting in Kiev square.

[piasa]

They are sending weapons. Although, in their case, there is a possibility they will need them.