On Aug 15, 12:49Â pm, Jerry Kraus
yahoo.com> wrote:>Â Russia is in
> a position to reestablish the Soviet Union. Â
Ridiculous. It is only in a position to habitually harass Georgia -
which is 1/30th the size of russia.
> Several of the former
> Soviet republics have never really left Russia -- e.g.,Kazakhstan,
> Byelorussia -- Russia maintains military forces there and controls the
> governments. Â All of the others have very large Russian populations,
> including the Baltic Republics, which are now members of NATO.
Wrong and wrong. Some are now NATO members and the russian barbarian
state would have to fight and defeat the world's most powerful
military alliance to do that. And they won't.
>Â They
> will all go back to Russia. Â All of them.
Sure, sure.. and you and your momma should return to Moskow first.
> But, Poland was not a part of the Soviet Union. Â The Russians want
> them, but, they are a reasonably large, and fiercely independant
> nation, without a sizable Russian population. Â Given support from
> NATO, they can hold off the Russians.
Given support from NATO, all NATO members will keep the russkies on
their steppes.
>Â Historically, Poland has been
> defeated when Germany and Russia split the country up, between them.
> If the Germans back up Poland, the Russians will not touch her.
The Germans are too busy being globalized to notice much these days.
They are mostly concerned and eager to submerge their nationhood into
the EU socialist regime.
The US remains the primary guarantor of all NATO power. Germany is a
military laugh.
> The decision by Poland to side unequivocally with NATO in setting up
> the missile defence system shows Russia that they will have to risk a
> world war. Â The Russians will not do this over Poland.
Finally you get something right.
