Posted on 06/25/2022 6:47:46 PM PDT by McGruff
NATO needs a more “visible” presence in the Baltics to counter the threat Russia poses from Belarus, Lithuania’s President Gitanas Nausėda warned on Friday.
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has prompted a discussion within the transatlantic military alliance about how to best defend its eastern members, with leaders gathering in Madrid next week set to sign off on new plans.
Speaking ahead of the summit, Nausėda told POLITICO that “very huge fundamental changes” in neighboring Belarus make Lithuania more vulnerable to a quick Russian attack — and necessitate a shift in the region’s security arrangements.
The Lithuanian leader said he would describe today’s Belarus as an “additional province” of Moscow, adding that the “Russian army can do what they want to move the forces, to deploy the equipment.”
(Excerpt) Read more at politico.eu ...
Things have gone bad, very quickly
Yes I do, but then his nation was the one invaded.
I’m not here to sing the praises of Zelinski. My first
thought is the tens of thousands of dead Ukrainians, and the
millions who left the Ukraine as refugees.
Do you realize Lincoln made some pretty bold Constitutional
moves also?
The point is, Russia is not pristine in this. Say what
you want about the Ukraine, it’s hardly any worse than
Russia.
Putin has now been in the leadership position since 2004.
That’s 18 years or 4.5 presidential terms. He is not a
benevolent man.
I’d imagine the political parties in Russia are pretty
much neutered as well.
“so let’s try it again! We got plenty of lives to waste on the usual Euro-follies!”
U.S.Army recruiters are now failing to reach recruitment quotas by 50%.
How about a pretty multicolored flag to scare all the russians away?!
In 1956 and later I was personally acquainted with people who crossed the bridge at Andau and never went back. Today Russian personalities are trying to reconstitute their empire that Gorbachev permitted to collapse. They need to be stopped, starting with Putin.
Reality check for the indoctrinated...
Ukrainian soldier complaining that locals “on Ukrainian territory” are not very happy to see AFU soldiers and put up Zs instead. He’s sarcastic about “fighting for them” & is worried about locals giving up AFU positions to the Russians.
VIDEO: “So guys that’s what you get for fighting for your f__king people. You walk on Ukrainian territory and here people you know what they’re telling you? Here (He points to a wall with grafitti covered with Zs.) Z f__k, f__king Z.
And they are waiting (for the Russians) And they are supporting them. And they are waiting. That’s what we get, F__k. You don’t know what else. They would f__king flip on you.
Let the EU deal with it. It’s their problem. Why can’t the US ever leave anything alone? Instead we make sure to be in the forefront of everything always making situations worse. The CIA is behind this guaranteed.
I don't understand why we continue to allow Europe to lead us around by the nose. This is a continuation of Europe's never-ending border wars in Eastern Europe .... it is their war, not ours.
Europe has bestowed upon this planet socialism, marxism, nazism, fascism, communism, modern globalism and two world wars.
Instead of trying to crawl back into the European womb, we should remember we were born to be different----born to be that shining city on a hill and the last best hope of all on Earth. We need to be Europe's counter-balance, not its willing accomplice. It's past time to cut the cord, and Ukraine is a perfect place to start.
Ukraine is not America's problem, not our step-child and her borders pose no geopolitical threat to us. Let Brussels figure out and fund the solution to their current self-inflicted problem. It is time for us to be free and independent of Europe for once and for all.
We have a country to save, and it isn't Ukraine.
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U.S.Army recruiters are now failing to reach recruitment quotas by 50%.
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And by all means lets force who is left in the military and require them to get the china virus death shot or be kicked to the curb...
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