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(24,324 posts)Latvia, Estonia, et al...
Leith
(7,809 posts)who was from Estonia. Several times during the semester, he would go over to the map and point at countries as he said their names: Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Poland, Czechoslavia....
If you had his history class at Western Michigan University in the 1970s, you can still recite the countries.
He wrote 3 books.
pangaia
(24,324 posts)I really worry about them..
denbot
(9,899 posts)If there is a good time for the Russians to pull something like this, it is now.
AlexSFCA
(6,137 posts)he invaded and annexed crimea; the sanctions are already the strongest and belarus is not part of nato. Seems like a 'piece of cake' for him. We sre enetering very dangerous times, reliving 20th century all over again.
bdamomma
(63,849 posts)this is what is going on in Russia.
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/putin-rivals-fear-russia-war-games-cover-for-invasion/ar-AAqgjBa?li=BBnb7Kz&ocid=U348DHP
snip of article:
Russia has been sending troops into Belarus since Monday in preparation for massive upcoming war games that opponents in the neighboring Eastern European state worry could be a cover for a long-term foreign military presence.
Despite Moscow repeatedly assuring rivals that next month's military maneuvers were simply that, critics in Belarus have joined a number of other regional countries in expressing concern about President Vladimir Putin's long-term goals. The Zapad, or "West," exercises are set to officially include 12,700 Russian soldiers across Russia's western flank as well as in Belarus, a traditional ally of the Kremlin. Putin has provided U.S.-led Western defense pact NATO with troop information and has invited foreign observers, including those from anxious Baltic states, but some in Belarus still fear the Russian leader's strategy.
AlexSFCA
(6,137 posts)FM123
(10,053 posts)pangaia
(24,324 posts)Dugin, Putin, Bannon... the whole thing us a set up.