The most insane thing here is that in the East of Germany, there are so many Russian-minded AfD supporters. Their own grandparents got raped and killed by the Soviet invaders.
Due to NATO deterrence becoming weaker because of current US policy, the risk of russia starting something really stupid, leading to an extension of the conflict to EU countries within a year, and NATO soldiers killing and dying, has increased wildly. I'd say it's a 1:1 bet now.
Let's not forget their Asiatic imperialism of the 15th-19th Centuries, and all the opposed peoples of Asia who've lived for centuries under the Tsarist/Soviet/Russian yoke. Many of whom do seek their independence and right to democracy and self representation.
Finns won't go down quietly. Mandatory military training, many bomb shelters, strongest artillery in Europe and constantly training and knowing that russia is the enemy.
Basically almost every man and volunteer women have some sort of army training.
1973, Bratislava Slovakia.
My great aunt tells us, “ when the Germans came, we weren’t Jewish, they left us alone.. When the Americans came we got bubblegum and chocolate, when the Russians came, we hid the dogs and the babies “ 🥺
Because RUSSIA has a history of not keeping its hands to itself. It's an imperialistic mindset that whatever/whoever they "owned" fifty years ago is still theirs.
From perspective of someone from Yugoslavia, most of those orange countries attacked us together with Germany and Italy in 1941 so we had to beat them and Nazis together, and Red Army helped briefly before leaving. See, if you were fighting Nazis, they would let you be independent.
Believe me, I know. I have friends in Czechia and visited there several times, even when it was Czechoslovakia under Communism. But since Putin has failed to conquer Ukraine in three years(!) I doubt even he is stupid enough to attack anybody else.
I'm not sure the reality of his capacity to achieve it, and his clear strategic goal of restoring the 1991 "buffer" are necessarily coalescing inside Putin's brain.
Ha! I'm sure Putin would love that. But I really can't see it happening. We are heading into negotiation now, one way or another. But I fear Ukraine will lose some territory. Trump has said as much and he has four years to help Putin get at least that much out of this bloody folly.
I think the brains in the UK/EU will easily outsmart Trump and the MAGA enablers he has surrounded himself with, so the direct US/Russia negotiations will be undermined - it will cost the EU American support, so we have to be willing to pay more & create an EU Army.
For Poland is not 1939 only. It was 1920, in XX century only. And occupation of aprox. 1/3 of the Polish territory for 123 years in XVIII and XIX centruries, ending in 1918, only to attack us again in 1920.
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Ukraine: The Holodomor 1932 to 1933 with millions of Ukrainians starving to death was objectively worse than the 2014 invasion into Crimea.
They had a few tussles in the far east as well.
Basically almost every man and volunteer women have some sort of army training.
I hope we get the planned David's Sling soon.
Do same for US
My great aunt tells us, “ when the Germans came, we weren’t Jewish, they left us alone.. When the Americans came we got bubblegum and chocolate, when the Russians came, we hid the dogs and the babies “ 🥺
Besides almost everyone knows Putin can't be trusted!
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Most of those insurrections where around the last WW !!!!
#native #genocide
imperialistic scumbags