Yes, I've noticed mouthpieces from
both fringes are blathering. Saying little to nothing of import as usual but just trying to stir up hate and discontent. I keep swearing I'll ignore them like most but alas, I fear that I'm addicted to pointing out how silly they are. It's a terrible burden... :(
As to your germane questions, I have answers:
We don't know but there's a lot of guessing going on mostly based on fragmentary information, misinformation and disinformation.
Few.
This is whats throwing me off
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Originally Posted by
Ken White
both
We don't know but there's a lot of guessing going on mostly based on fragmentary information, misinformation and disinformation.
Few.
No matter how I look at it, so far whats going on seems to be focused on first order effects and the possible or at least more likely second or third order effects don't seem to pass the "what in it for me" test:confused:
Unless they actually think the rest of the "world" is too busy to be able to effectively deal with it.
Baltic states turn on Russia
The presidents of Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia, together with Poland, issued a joint statement at the weekend warning that the Georgian conflict would be a credibility “litmus test” for Nato and the EU.
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The Baltic states, past victims of Kremlin attacks, have called on the European Union to suspend its drive for closer relations with Russia after its invasion of Georgia.
“We have to review our policy. Can we consider a partner a country who behaves like this?” President Toomas Hendrik Ilves of Estonia said in an interview. He added: “It’s time to stop sticking our head in the sand.”
The presidents also criticise Nato’s failure to give Georgia a timetable for membership earlier this year: “We regret that the not granting of Nato’s Membership Action Plan (MAP) to Georgia was seen as a green light for aggression in the region,” their statement said.
Hat tips to Meatball One !