Given the fact that Russia is losing to Ukraine. The only explanation I can think of for Putin attacking a NATO nation, is that it would be an off-ramp for ending the war in Ukraine. Where he could sell the excuse that they lost to NATO at large rather than admitting they got their asses handed to them by Ukraine.
Pomegranate2026 on
Oh yes maybe this fourtieth time they actually wil…
c0xb0x on
There’s no upper limit to Putin’s lunacy and he could very well expand his war further. People hope that Russians will rise up or that Russia’s economy will collapse but a dictator can just force people to do nothing but build shells and eat potatoes if it comes to it, and Russians are too depoliticized to rebel. Keep in mind Germany peaked its war production in 1944 and North Korea has an enormous military despite being a tiny impoverished country. People underestimate how much weaponry a country can produce.
Putin probably also thinks Europe is at its weakest point now during the Trump presidency and before it’s rearmed, so we could see him challenge Article 5 either over the next couple of years or when the UK, France and Germany have fallen to far-right populists. We’re heading into dangerous times.
Khamvom on
Not surprising. Belarus is nothing more than a vassal of Russia.
During the opening days of the invasion it was used as a forward staging ground and launch point for Russian forces.
athousandfaces87 on
Oh like Poland maybe?
luisa65-L on
Using Belarus as a staging ground? Looks like they’re just airing reruns of the 2022 season premiere.
hellranger788 on
Didnt the military in Belarus threaten a coup if they tried to force them to fight in Ukraine?
lube7255 on
European Texas, I mean, Poland, is waiting for Russia to feel froggy. The ink wouldn’t be dry on an Article 5 declaration before tanks would be halfway to Moscow if the Russians tried to capture the Suwalki Gap and cut off the Baltics from the rest of Europe.
Tacti_Kel_Nuke on
I just think Zelensky is using some fear so news about Ukraine stay important and not buried by other conflicts. I mean, I don’t blame him, his country faces a survival war, I would do the same, anything to keep my country alive.
Tho the only country I can think he would maybe invade (if he is brain-dead) would be Estonia or Latvia due the Russian minority there
dennis-w220 on
Belarus is not stupid. They have to cooperate with Russia since Putin helped his dictator to stay in power. But he won’t allow this. If he did, he would have done it last year or the year before.
And I don’t buy all the narratives that Russia is going to attack a 2nd nation who happens to be a NATO nation. It is not like you should not prepare for the unlikely scenario, but it is unlikely. Putin is not stupid either, and he simply doesn’t have the manpower for 2nd front.
Patralgan on
They’re not tired of being humiliated yet?
Upbeat_Parking_7794 on
If they will do that there will be concentration of troops in the border. Hope at least some of Europe is ready to protect the Baltics.
Tricky_Potatoe on
Why on earth would Belarus decide to destroy it’s own future?
Pinoc1 on
Gotta jingle the keys to get trumps and the likes attention.
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Of course they will
Given the fact that Russia is losing to Ukraine. The only explanation I can think of for Putin attacking a NATO nation, is that it would be an off-ramp for ending the war in Ukraine. Where he could sell the excuse that they lost to NATO at large rather than admitting they got their asses handed to them by Ukraine.
Oh yes maybe this fourtieth time they actually wil…
There’s no upper limit to Putin’s lunacy and he could very well expand his war further. People hope that Russians will rise up or that Russia’s economy will collapse but a dictator can just force people to do nothing but build shells and eat potatoes if it comes to it, and Russians are too depoliticized to rebel. Keep in mind Germany peaked its war production in 1944 and North Korea has an enormous military despite being a tiny impoverished country. People underestimate how much weaponry a country can produce.
Putin probably also thinks Europe is at its weakest point now during the Trump presidency and before it’s rearmed, so we could see him challenge Article 5 either over the next couple of years or when the UK, France and Germany have fallen to far-right populists. We’re heading into dangerous times.
Not surprising. Belarus is nothing more than a vassal of Russia.
During the opening days of the invasion it was used as a forward staging ground and launch point for Russian forces.
Oh like Poland maybe?
Using Belarus as a staging ground? Looks like they’re just airing reruns of the 2022 season premiere.
Didnt the military in Belarus threaten a coup if they tried to force them to fight in Ukraine?
European Texas, I mean, Poland, is waiting for Russia to feel froggy. The ink wouldn’t be dry on an Article 5 declaration before tanks would be halfway to Moscow if the Russians tried to capture the Suwalki Gap and cut off the Baltics from the rest of Europe.
I just think Zelensky is using some fear so news about Ukraine stay important and not buried by other conflicts. I mean, I don’t blame him, his country faces a survival war, I would do the same, anything to keep my country alive.
Tho the only country I can think he would maybe invade (if he is brain-dead) would be Estonia or Latvia due the Russian minority there
Belarus is not stupid. They have to cooperate with Russia since Putin helped his dictator to stay in power. But he won’t allow this. If he did, he would have done it last year or the year before.
And I don’t buy all the narratives that Russia is going to attack a 2nd nation who happens to be a NATO nation. It is not like you should not prepare for the unlikely scenario, but it is unlikely. Putin is not stupid either, and he simply doesn’t have the manpower for 2nd front.
They’re not tired of being humiliated yet?
If they will do that there will be concentration of troops in the border. Hope at least some of Europe is ready to protect the Baltics.
Why on earth would Belarus decide to destroy it’s own future?
Gotta jingle the keys to get trumps and the likes attention.