[Mount Athos]

Kaliningrad was separated from Russia in 1992, when Russia agreed to recognize the independence of Lithuania under the condition of uninterrupted transit to Kaliningrad.

See treaty signed by Lithuania guaranteeing this here: https://treaties.un.org/doc/Publication/UNTS/Volume%201831/volume-1831-I-31342-English.pdf

Many people assume that if a NATO country is attacked, that all other NATO countries are obligated to come to their defense.

There is an important exception to this rule -- when a NATO country is the aggressor and attacks first.

A blockade is an act of war...

How enthusiastic are Americans about dying for a country hardly anyone can find on a map?

Will the people of Hungary, Belgium, and Denmark be enthusiastic to die for Lithuania's new blockade? Surely Turkey will jump right in there...

[mylife]

they are breaking treaties

[escapefromboston]

America needs to get out of NATO now

[mylife]

[kiryandil]

Moreover, the US is also switching its strategies in its practice of color revolutions, Zhang said. "Funding the oppositions to achieve regime change was the main method, but now the US is increasingly trying to change other countries' diplomatic policies to ensure the countries' likely support of US global policies. This has been shown to be the stance of Lithuania and a few other countries." - written in December 2021

[Vermont Lt]

It’s not a blockade.

Once again the Russians and their FRminions are being drama queens.

Trains are moving. People are moving. Sanctioned cargo is not.

Russia has aircraft. They have ships. Russia has lots of options,

They need to shut up and go away.

[Jim W N]

Wait a minute. I thought the Lithuania was sunk by the Germans on May 7, 1915...

[Tench_Coxe]

"How enthusiastic are Americans about dying for a country hardly anyone can find on a map?"

I can point out a handful of posters on this site that seem pretty eager to have Americans dying for a country hardly anyone can find on a map.

[SunStar]

I believe the United States and other NATO countries are behind these moves. The warmongers are daring Russia to respond and escalate hostilities against NATO.

[discostu]

It’s not a blockade, Russia can still go around. And given how Russia took Crimea, and that Putin has been making noises, it’s just smart for Lithuania to decide that if Russia wants to sneak military around again they can do in their boats, not on Lithuania’s rails.

[AZJeep]

Konigsberg, Twangste or Krolewiec.

Kaliningrad was named after Stalin’s most trusted sidekick!
One of the only three original (~50) politburo members who somehow survived all Stalin’s purges. One lucky guy!

Russians have no business being there!
I am sure Lithuania consulted allies before starting this.

I am sick of all the Russian propaganda here!

[fruser1]

Does Lithuania Want To Start A War With Russia?

Does Biden crap on the Pope?

Have russkies taken over stale accounts at FR?

[familyop]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Hysteria \Hys*te"ri*a\, n. [NL.: cf. F. hyst['e]rie. See
     Hysteric.] (Med.)
     A nervous affection, occurring almost exclusively in women,
     in which the emotional and reflex excitability is
     exaggerated, and the will power correspondingly diminished,
     so that the patient loses control over the emotions, becomes
     the victim of imaginary sensations, and often falls into
     paroxism or fits.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Note: The chief symptoms are convulsive, tossing movements of
           the limbs and head, uncontrollable crying and laughing,
           and a choking sensation as if a ball were lodged in the
           throat. The affection presents the most varied
           symptoms, often simulating those of the gravest
           diseases, but generally curable by mental treatment
           alone. Hysteric

[AZJeep]

To refresh your memory, here is the picture of the there founders of Soviet state
https://digital.library.pitt.edu/islandora/object/pitt:PH000149

[rktman]

Sort of like the Dutchy of Grand Fenwick did with the U.S.?

[alexander_busek]

[...] is now enforcing a blockade of sorts against Russia through Kaliningrad [...]

Faulty premise (Equivocation Fallacy) in very first sentence! FAIL!

Not allowing someone to traipse through your living room can hardly be called a "blockade!"

As a sovereign state, Lithuania is fully within its rights to prohibit the transit of select Russian goods across its territory.

Regards,

[Zhang Fei]

[How enthusiastic are Americans about dying for a country hardly anyone can find on a map?]

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The average person couldn’t find Britain on a map. When the time came, they saddled up anyway. Not because Britain was any particular prize, but because German military momentum threatened to give it control of both Europe and Asia.

Russia starts from a position of great advantage. It is already 10x the size of the German empire in Europe when FDR declared war on Germany. If Russia were the size of Germany today (i.e. 1/50 its present size), no one would care. But Russia is 70% the size of the NATO *combined*. That alone makes it extremely threatening, especially given Russia alone is 4x the size of the EU. Its proximity to important European capitals like Paris and Berlin, along with much of Europe’s industrial capacity, makes it essential that Russia be prevented from achieving its goals in Ukraine.

[DesertRhino]

“In NATO the smallest members tend to be the most aggressive. It’s probably because they know they wouldn’t be called on to fight any wars they caused”

Like your woman running her mouth when the Hells Angels walk in, and wanting you to fight the fight she starts.

[lodi90]

A blockade is an act of war...

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There is no blockade. Russia is free to supply Kaliningrad by sea and air.

[rfp1234]

[katie didit]

A Good piece from American Conservative.

Lithuania may not want to start a war with Russia but the Biden swine do. It will cost us dearly in the end and come back to haunt us. If only...