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Co-incidentally, lately we're getting lots of anti-Lukashenka stories. Is Uncle Sam planning a little regime change in Belarus. That would knock Belarus out of
by duckhelmet 5y ago
Co-incidentally, lately we're getting lots of anti-Lukashenka stories. Is Uncle Sam planning a little regime change in Belarus. That would knock Belarus out of the Russian orbit. And transfer control of the Russian oil and gas pipelines to Washington. And remind the EU as to the true nature of the special relationship.
- afterburner 5y ago> knock Belarus out of the Russian orbit This is the most nonsensical thing I've ever read on Hacker News.
- cbHXBY1D 5y agoYes. It's not a coincidence that John Bolton, David Hale, and Pompeo each visited Belarus separately in the year before COVID-19. And then during the protests last year, Pompeo made all these statements about how they will deliver "freedom" to Belarus.
- sam_lowry_ 5y agoUnfortunately all those visits accomplished nothing.
- IfOnlyYouKnew 5y agoYour narrative would involve such a plan spanning both Trump and Biden administrations, which seems unlikely. I’m in Europe and have also seen a lot of stories out of Belarus. I doubt the governments here were all in on the plan. I have no idea how any US action in Belarus would remind the EU of anything? Belarus isn’t in the EU, nor does the regime enjoy any support. A map of Russian pipelines is rather devastating for your case, showing the exact opposite of what you assumed, i. e. that Belarus is a major transit country for oil and gas: https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Crude-oil-and-natural-gas-supply-to-Europe-from-international-routes-Reference_fig2_275999420 https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Crude-oil-and-natural-ga...
- amrcnimgrnt 5y ago"Your narrative would involve such a plan spanning both Trump and Biden administrations, which seems unlikely." The administration changed, the people in DC, largely, did not. When presidents change only the political upper echelon changes. The ppl who do all the planning and all the work stay.
- lostlogin 5y agoThis is amazing. Can you share any positive stories or explain how his utter disregard for human rights and the people of Belarus is actually a positive?
- mbergal 5y agoEasily, as the result of government actions Belarus looks nothing like Syria, Lybia or Iraq right now. Or even Ukraine.
- nzmsv 5y agoCan you share any positive stories about a US-led outrage about human rights, followed by regime change, followed by prosperity? There are plenty of examples of the first two conditions, but I don't recall any that meet the third one. Medical interventions are judged by their track record. It's high time military and political ones got the same treatment. Note that this does not make me a pro-Lukashenka bot. One can not be a fan of mental illness and still oppose lobotomy. Same principle.
- lostlogin 5y ago> Can you share any positive stories about a US-led outrage about human rights, followed by regime change, followed by prosperity? Japan would be the closest I can think of. The motivations don’t align but the occupation and nation building effort of the Marshal Plan is in stark contrast to what happened in Iraq and Afghanistan.
- nzmsv 5y agoThe people who propose this kind of regime change should be honest about it. They should come outright with "first we'll kill a couple of atom bomb's worth of you, and the rest will live happily ever after". The human rights marketing is disingenuous.