Posted on 06/01/2024 7:53:59 AM PDT by MinorityRepublican
Estonia considers itself a front-line state, a Nato member where its border guards stare across the Narva River at the Russian fortress of Ivangorod.
This tiny Baltic state, once a part of the Soviet Union, is convinced that once the fighting stops in Ukraine, President Vladimir Putin will turn his attention to the Baltics, looking to bring countries like Estonia back under Moscow’s control.
To help stave off that possibility, Estonia’s government has poured money and weapons into Ukraine’s war effort, donating more than 1% of its GDP to Kyiv.
"If every Nato country did this," says Estonia’s steely Prime Minister Kaja Kallas, "Ukraine would win."
But Ukraine isn’t winning.
Short of artillery, ammunition, air defences and most of all, troops, Ukraine is struggling to hold back the sheer weight of Russian firepower, glide bombs and massed infantry assaults that often border on the suicidal.
(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...
Might is always Right.
Nazi Germany ultimately didn’t have enough Might to take on the rest of the world that it had pissed off.
Now is a good time for the U.S. to collect tribute from 31 members in NATO so we’ll stay in the alliance.
Yep, and we should worry about our own defense. I think I’d worry more about China than Russia right now.
Yes !
” We live in a global economy right now. Much of that is dependent on the U.S. navy to ensure the freedom of the seas. If we’re gone, nations throughout the world will have a difficult time trading with each other. “
This is Globalist insanity, and Imperial overreach.
“A Global Force For Good!”
Biden has no Plan A or B on anything….period
Nope it's what we've been doing since 1945.
“For all this idiotic talk about Russia’s alleged designs to conquer all of Europe, it’s worth noting how many of these NATO countries are led by people who seem better suited to run a day care center.”
In this much we agree.
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I can't understand why anyone would choose Russia /s.
Exactly !
Just a “protectorate.” They don’t have to absorb them, just oversee them. On behalf of the UN, you know.
ABSOLUTELY AMAZING!!!!
The BBC , a major western MSM outlet admits what we all knew, from their article:
“ Short of artillery, ammunition, air defences and most of all, troops, Ukraine is struggling to hold back the sheer weight of Russian firepower, glide bombs and massed infantry assaults …..”
Finally, the western narrative has fell apart.
They want Ukraine to lose just in time to blame it on MAGA for the election.
You bet it's right.
Are you in favor of giving back the Great Plains, the Mexican Cession, and Oregon?
If not, why not?
Anyone who thinks it’s good for the US to defend Estonia...or Ukraine for that matter...with the blood and treasure of Americans, hates the American people.
It’s that stark and that binary.
Looking after tiny tots is a LOT of responsibility. Are you sure they are even up to that?
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