Lithuania Next?

[Des Parrot]

Re: Lithuania Next?

I tried to get a visa to visit Kaliningrad last year but post Brexit and without an EU passport it’s almost impossible. More so now.
My Polish colleagues who have been there say it’s like the land that time forgot, I.e. pre Berlin wall collapse. Simply a Baltic port for the Russians with zero investment or development for the last 70-80 years

[Taunton Blue Genie]

Re: Lithuania Next?

Maybe the strangely subdued Russian people might finally rise up?

I wouldn't describe the Russian people as 'strangely subdued'. Apart from those who are indoctrinated by their media (to the point of disbelieving their Ukranian-based relatives as to what is happening), imprisonment can follow for those engaging in the simple act of holding up a blank piece of paper in public - and the Russian state is not averse to poisoning its major opponents.

[Feedback]

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It won't happen. Russia has already lost the strategic war, and the best it can hope for is Ukraine suing for peace, allowing the Russians to hold on to the Donbass. This won't happen though.

Russia are struggling against the Ukrainians, they'd have their arses handed to them attacking Lithuanian, with NATO opening fronts from Norway all the way down to Turkey. Poland and Romania are itching to go. Without wanting to engage in hyperbole, it would be over in days, with carrier strike groups operating with impunity from the Baltic and Black Seas guaranteeing air supremacy, and land weaponry the Russians cannot match.

Putin is dying, but he's no Hitler.

[bigjoe]

Re: Lithuania Next?

It won't happen. Russia has already lost the strategic war, and the best it can hope for is Ukraine suing for peace, allowing the Russians to hold on to the Donbass. This won't happen though.

Russia are struggling against the Ukrainians, they'd have their arses handed to them attacking Lithuanian, with NATO opening fronts from Norway all the way down to Turkey. Poland and Romania are itching to go. Without wanting to engage in hyperbole, it would be over in days, with carrier strike groups operating with impunity from the Baltic and Black Seas guaranteeing air supremacy, and land weaponry the Russians cannot match.

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maybe the chinese will get on board.

[Feedback]

Re: Lithuania Next?

maybe the chinese will get on board.

The Chinese are not even a threat in the South China Sea

[life on mars]

Re: Lithuania Next?

Like THC said, they attack Lithuania, they'll invoke Article 5, which will mean Russia is at war with all of NATO. Is Putin that mad?

Has NATO got the balls to react quickly or will they have to have months of summits and votes

[life on mars]

Re: Lithuania Next?

The Chinese are not even a threat in the South China Sea

Didn't stop them in Rumney

https://www.bigreddirectory.com/sout...cardiff-rumney (South China Takeaway, Cardiff, Rumney

[Cleve van Leef]

Re: Lithuania Next?

Has NATO got the balls to react quickly or will they have to have months of summits and votes

Turkey will veto any decision.

[Sparticus_Mills]

Re: Lithuania Next?

Turkey will veto any decision.

I don't think a member can veto Article 5. Each member nation can decide how it wishes to respond. When the US invoked Article 5 following the September 11th attacks, all that had to be agreed was that the attacks were instigated from outside the US, to show that Article 5 could be invoked.