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Should we worry about Belarus
Posted: Mon Aug 17, 2020 4:07 pm
by Innocent Bystander
or nah?
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-53804660
Belarusian state TV presenter Tatyana Borodkina is into cooking, not politics.
Each morning, on Breakfast for 3, she would prepare simple recipes helped out by her two young daughters.
But last week, she announced her resignation on Facebook, declaring that she could "no longer smile out from the TV screen" after what she was sure was a crudely rigged election.
She has since had to flee the country with her children, after receiving threats.
Russia has allegedly entered on behalf of Lukashenko. Not our problem?
Re: Should we worry about Belarus
Posted: Mon Aug 17, 2020 4:09 pm
by The Big Pickle
Most of the people in Eastern Ukraine are part Russian.
Most of the people in Crimea are part Russian.
Most of the people in Belarus are part Russian.
NOT
OUR
PROBLEM
Re: Should we worry about Belarus
Posted: Mon Aug 17, 2020 4:13 pm
by Innocent Bystander
Why not?
Re: Should we worry about Belarus
Posted: Mon Aug 17, 2020 4:28 pm
by The Big Pickle
The better question is "WHY would it be our problem".
Re: Should we worry about Belarus
Posted: Mon Aug 17, 2020 4:38 pm
by Innocent Bystander
The Big Pickle wrote: ↑Mon Aug 17, 2020 4:28 pm
The better question is "WHY would it be our problem".
There's no domino theory attached? The situation isn't a concern for our allies? There's no oil or strategic benefit, like Syria?
I don't know. You were horrified by the killing fields of Cambodia. Is Belarus old hat? or not relateable in the same way as Cambodia and the fates of its educated class?
Re: Should we worry about Belarus
Posted: Mon Aug 17, 2020 4:42 pm
by The Big Pickle
Innocent Bystander wrote: ↑Mon Aug 17, 2020 4:38 pm
The Big Pickle wrote: ↑Mon Aug 17, 2020 4:28 pm
The better question is "WHY would it be our problem".
There's no domino theory attached? The situation isn't a concern for our allies? There's no oil or strategic benefit, like Syria?
I don't know. You were horrified by the killing fields of Cambodia. Is Belarus old hat? or not relateable in the same way as Cambodia and the fates of its educated class?
I'm more concerned about Antifa, Communists, Anarchists, BLM trying to start a KILLING FIELDS in America!
Re: Should we worry about Belarus
Posted: Mon Aug 17, 2020 4:45 pm
by Screw_Michigan
We should worry about the US becoming Belarus with another four years of Trump
Re: Should we worry about Belarus
Posted: Mon Aug 17, 2020 4:51 pm
by Mikey
How do they treat the African-Russians?
Re: Should we worry about Belarus
Posted: Mon Aug 17, 2020 6:09 pm
by Carson
A domino theory is what got us stuck in Vietnam.
Russia can take that shithole back and no one will care.
Re: Should we worry about Belarus
Posted: Tue Aug 18, 2020 3:22 am
by mvscal
Carson wrote: ↑Mon Aug 17, 2020 6:09 pm
A domino theory is what got us stuck in Vietnam.
The Domino Theory was absolutely correct. Communist insurrections did in fact sweep Asia with varying degrees of success. Vietnam and Korea seen in the larger context of the Cold War demonstrated that we were willing to aggressively confront communist expansionism.
Belarus is none of our business.