Posted on 05/26/2022 5:01:02 AM PDT by RomanSoldier19
President Joe Biden’s administration has contemplated the lifting of sanctions on Belarusian dictator Alexander Lukashenko’s regime in a bid to secure the export of Ukrainian grain without risking the maritime confrontation with Russia that some other allies deem necessary to avert a horrific famine.
U.S. officials have broached the Belarus idea with European officials in recent weeks, as trans-Atlantic policymakers endeavor to escape a dilemma created by Russia’s blockade of Ukraine’s ports on the Black Sea. Yet other members of NATO have a growing interest in a maritime operation to challenge that blockade, given the limited amount of grain that could be sent out of Ukraine by rail and the political risks of an appeal to Lukashenko, who allowed Russia to attack Ukraine from Belarusian territory, after presenting his own threats to neighboring NATO and European Union members.
“It is clear that no one wants to ask Lukashenko directly,” a senior European official involved in the conversations told the Washington Examiner. “There's only that we have bad options to relieve world hunger, which is looming in half a year.”
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Well, war is NOT going to happen to them - Europeans know we'll be the people who'll run into the fire to save their sorry asses - and we'll be the people burned ...
We had the money and means to protect everyone in the world in the past. Then rebuild them ...after World War II... We don't have that money now.
Now we're like the silly school coach who wants to 'save' all the troubled kids and be the hero - while his own family goes under.
“If the West truly forces Turkey to choose sides, I am not sure we are going to like the result.”
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Agreed. If NATO enters the war, which is pretty much inevitable, Turkey will be forced to uphold their membership or leave NATO and join in with the Russia/China/Syria/Saudi Arabia/Iran/Armenia/CTSO, etc axis.
I don’t think our Navy has any business in the Black Sea re Ukraine, but I will ALWAYS support our American military heroes.
We all need to keep that in mind.
And the Black Sea is also Turkey’s lake. By controlling access (into or out of thru) the Dardanelles, it always will be. I don’t care for Turkey, either (the country, not the meat).
Maybe we could trade leaders with them. Biden seems to be working for Ukraine these days.
Yeahhh...why not? It has been a long time since last World War.
Do these people take Stupid Pills, or what?
At least it will be over in a flash
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