Give the Kremlin an Inch and it Will Take Half of Europe

[Nevilledog]

https://cepa.org/article/give-the-kremlin-an-inch-and-it-will-take-half-of-europe/


With more than 300,000 Russian servicemen dead and wounded in Vladimir Putin’s war of aggression against Ukraine, you might think his propagandists would exhibit some humility when discussing the utility of war as a policy tool. You’d be wrong.

Instead, the Kremlin’s mouthpieces have interpreted signals of Western hesitation in the funding of their Ukrainian ally as a weakness. Putin’s people have seized on hints that the West is pressing Ukraine to consider negotiations to formalize its division as a green light to go much further. Why not grab even more, they ask?

And if these sound like the typical statements by over-heated spokespeople, bear in mind that they broadly accord with Russia’s December 2021 demands that the US it effectively abandon NATO’s newer members, like the Baltic states and Poland. It is also worth remembering that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine was likewise discussed and openly plotted for years on state-run media, after which it actually happened.

Appearing on the Own Truth show on NTV last Friday, writer Dmitry Lekuh said that Poland is “the next candidate to be thrown under Russian tanks.” He asserted that “dividing Poland between Russia and Germany is our national pastime.”

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[Wednesdays]

1. It seems like Russia will only accept its 1914 borders. nt

[Walleye]

2. Much as I hate the late Henry Kissinger he said one thing I will always remember

He said, “Russia will always take territory, it’s what they do”

[eppur_se_muova]

3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salami_slicing_tactics

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4. They are trying.