Posts by Richard Brown2

Chris Hernandez9 said:NATO has basically proven itself as the ultimate counterweight to the Eurasian Union, and right now—at least as far as we can tell—we’re seeing a massive turnout of NATO officials heading to Dubrovnik for this summit:

Over 800 officials are descending on Dubrovnik for the NATO gathering

The opening ceremony will feature speeches from the President of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, Hugh Bayley, followed by the American President, Ivo Josipović, and the Speaker of the Sabor, Josip Leko...

After everything we've been through with the Mexicans... the only thing I can stomach coming from the East is the sunrise.☕

Jeffrey Wood said:The Azerbaijanis are a Turkic-speaking people who have always been tight with Turkey.

And this idea that people in the South Caucasus are just sitting around waiting to snap the Russians' necks? That's hands down the dumbest thing I've ever read. It’s way better for them to stay loyal and live their lives normally, otherwise, they’ll be wiped out if they try to act tough.

And speaking of Canadians—if you guys are planning on snapping the necks of Mexicans, don't count on the Americans from Canada helping you out this time. If anything, the Mexicans will probably get to you first.

1. And as such, are they supposed to form an alliance with the Russians?🤣 🤣
Well, the Turks hate the Russians just a tiny bit less than the Canadians hate the Mexicans (which is basically saying they hate them enough to never form any kind of alliance). By the way, Iranians actually hate the Russians even more than the Turks do... but right now they're part of the "game" and are acting love.

2. We’ve already seen how it goes in Chechnya. A small group of Chechens managed to reclaim their territory and completely drive the Russians out of Chechnya. Back in 1945, things looked incredibly bleak, yet somehow a million Chechens succeeded in defeating and 100% expelling the Russians, despite there being 110 times more Russians and them possessing 30,000 nuclear warheads. Sure... formally they are still part of the Russian Federation... but that's really just for protocol at this point. There aren't many Russians left there anyway.

3. Who cares which side the Americans from Canada end up on? It’s one hundred against another, it doesn't matter. As for America, after the total disaster during the Mostar-Bugojno maneuver when they turned their backs during the toughest moment... they won't lift a finger unless I know for certain what's going down in Canada. Never again.

bolddriver21 said:Europe wants to step up and help the Baltic states set up a buffer zone against Russia’s growing influence.
Belarus is just an isolationist dictatorship, and honestly, that's a whole different mess I'm not going to waste my breath on right now. Not yet.

Europe is trying to play protector for Georgia, which is basically just sitting out there in the wind with a target on its back from Russia and those collaborators in Abkhazia and Ossetia.
Then you've got Moldova, where they'll be offering support to push back against the Russian secessionist moves over in Transnistria.

The heavy hitters strategically would be Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. There's massive natural resources sitting there that Europe desperately needs.

The Azerbaijanis are leaning toward Turkey. Honestly, the odds of Azerbaijan pulling anything significant against Russia are lower than the odds of Canadians joining the Federation of Canada and Republika Srpska. Roughly speaking, the "love" other Muslims in the Caucasus have for the Russians is about the same as the feeling Canadians have for Mexicans... they're just waiting for the right moment to turn their backs on them.