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>"and if he wins then Eastern Europe is next in line" I doubt Putin is suicidal. Eastern Europe is in NATO, hence protected.
by FpUser 3y ago
>"and if he wins then Eastern Europe is next in line"
I doubt Putin is suicidal. Eastern Europe is in NATO, hence protected.
- blibble 3y agoit'll never be so obvious that NATO can declare it as an attack you've seen the playbook in ukraine twice now there will be an russian speaking minority in estonia/lithuania/... that will that rebel against anti russian oppression, guerilla warfare against the authorities, then they'll hold an rigged referendum, then a decade later the Russian government will formally annex what they've effectively controlled for years he won't send tanks across the border that will trigger Article 5
- FpUser 3y ago[flagged]
- blibble 3y agothey're not oppressed, that's the point
- lisasays 3y agoIn Ukraine Russian speakers are hardly the minority. What's this supposed to mean? Certainly it's not referring to the portion of native speakers.
- FpUser 3y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_language_in_Ukraine#:~:text=As%20per%20a%20February%202023,found%20it%20difficult%20to%20say https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_language_in_Ukraine#:~....
- severino 3y ago> that will that rebel against anti russian oppression So you mean it's OK to oppress people just because they are Russian, or speak Russian? And the bad guys are those against oppression?
- sharikous 3y agoEh but Wagner is not the Russian army, right? They are an "independent contractor" after all. And Russian speaking minorities may "suddenly" decide to rebel. And NATO may be not so eager to activate article 5 since they are not suicidal too. Long story short I am not sure NATO Eastern Europe is protected 100%. Luckily for now Putin cannot afford another front but there is already some saber rattling between Belarus and Poland and Wagner is in Belarus.