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From: Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Pearls Before Swine: Uncle Is Not Good With Money
Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2025 15:46:49 -0600
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On 1/10/2025 12:32 PM, Scott Dorsey wrote:
> Dimensional Traveler  <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:
>>>
>> He's also been beating "The Ukrainians should be part of Russia" drum
>> for some time now.
> 
> Putin has for some time been talking about restoring the Russian Empire of
> the 19th century, and he will talk about various strategic possibilities
> as if he is planning for a land invasion of the type that Napoleon tried.
> In many ways he seems to work hard to emulate the czars.
> 
> So, sure, he wants Ukraine.  And when he's got Ukraine he'll want Belarus
> and Armenia and then the Baltic states.
> 
> Now... the big question is will he want Poland?  When the Russian Revolution
> happened, the Soviets let go of Poland which had previously been part of the
> Russian Empire.  Putin has talked extensively about what a terrible job Lenin
> did in giving away parts of the empire and allowing SSRs that were part of
> the Soviet union a degree of autonomy that he believes they never should have
> been granted.
> 
> In the Soviet era, Poland was just one of the Warsaw Pact states which were
> allied and somewhat controlled by the Soviet Union but not actually part of
> the Soviet union.  (This was because they wanted a barrier of allied
> states in order to block a land invasion.)  Putin talks about how weak this
> arrangement was, and wants something stronger.  The problem here is that
> the Poles don't like Russia very much.
> 
> So.... yeah, this is why the war in Ukraine isn't just about Ukraine.  And
> yeah, it's an expensive war for Europe and the US to conduct, but not as
> expensive as the alternative.
> --scott

Poland is part of NATO.  We will not allow Putin to take Poland. 
Nevertheless, Poland is arming itself.

Putin already took Crimea and Georgia.  He will do what he wants to do.

Lynn