Lukashenko concerned about possible attack under guise of NATO military exercises
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Amid doubling of NATO flights, Belarusian and Russian Sukhois jointly patrol Belarus border
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In view of NATO military exercises in neighboring countries it is necessary to have plans and forces, units of the Belarusian army which will respond to any attempt to start a conflict here. Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko made the relevant statement in an interview….
Aleksandr Lukashenko said: “So, they have started these military exercises in Poland, Latvia, Lithuania, and Ukraine. What am I to do as the commander-in-chief? I cannot fall for these provocations but I also have to foresee what may happen in order to avoid a repeat of 1941….This is why I am forced to have plans and forces, units of the Belarusian army, which will respond to any attempt to create a conflict here. At the border of the Baltic states, Poland, and Ukraine. Unfortunately, they even rushed ahead of even NATO forces, Ukrainians, as usual. They closed the skies for flights of Belarusian aircraft sooner than the European Union and Americans did. It is exactly the same here, too.”
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This isn’t going to happen until spring at the earliest. How much will power and petrol cost in the super wealthy countries of Central Europe after this little skirmish between nuclear capable foes over territory nobody except those living there really cares about? How long will the Germans tolerate energy inflation?
Isn’t it great to know that politics is governed by energy prices in Central Europe?
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I don’t subscribe to economic reductionist explanations for military actions. Please tell us how you’re privy to the timeline you’ve provided. Regarding oil, the Aesopian apologue of the goose that laid the golden eggs comes to mind. If the West needs/wants Russian hydrocarbons, why not just go in and grab them? It’s already done so with Georgia and Ukraine.
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I don’t believe Jens Stoltenberg, Anthony Blinken or Loyd Austin are rational enough to care about energy prices. They seem hell bent on starting a war because that is the type of headcases they are.They are war mongers, like serial killers they like death and destruction.
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