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pangaia

(24,324 posts)
1. Shit.. Hope I am wrong but I've been suspecting something like this for a long time......
Thu Aug 17, 2017, 10:37 PM
Aug 2017

Latvia, Estonia, et al...

Leith

(7,809 posts)
7. I Had a History Prof in College
Thu Aug 17, 2017, 11:34 PM
Aug 2017

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)
8. I know people in Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia, classical musicians all. A few very well known
Fri Aug 18, 2017, 12:12 AM
Aug 2017

I really worry about them..

denbot

(9,899 posts)
2. I don't know, but I believe the Russians know Trump would not oppose them.
Thu Aug 17, 2017, 10:41 PM
Aug 2017

If there is a good time for the Russians to pull something like this, it is now.

AlexSFCA

(6,137 posts)
6. I don't think putin cares
Thu Aug 17, 2017, 11:24 PM
Aug 2017

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)
3. so while we are in a crisis mode here
Thu Aug 17, 2017, 10:57 PM
Aug 2017

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.




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