whufc wrote:He already has Kaliningrad which is the only ice free port in the Baltic.Jim05 wrote:I reckon he does have the balls. If he gets Lithuania, then with Belarus as his ally, he would then have a port in the Baltic sea.stan wrote:Yep, he hasn’t got the balls.Jim05 wrote:[quote="RB"]Big difference between invading Ukraine and invading a NATO country though.
It would be a very risky move indeed for Putin to decide to invade Lithuania.
He is only taking on Ukraine as he knows no one will seriously come to their aide
He won’t attempt to take a NATO country in Lithuania as the return fire would be swift and decisive from all NATO members.
As it is the Ukrainians are holding him at bay and are even taking back cities like Kharkiv. His army is getting destroyed currently and there has even been soldiers refusing to join the battle or turning around and heading home. Massive failure so far
I reckon if there is one bloke on earth who did have the balls it would be Putin.
Nothing he says at the moment can be trusted, I mean even in this Ukraine war it was thought at first he was just after a small region but its clear he wants the entire Ukraine back.
I don't normally get to worried about international affairs but got to be honest his little moment in time has me slightly concerned especially the increasing relationship between Russia and China.
China's aggression towards us politically has escalated around the same time Russia has escalated with Ukraine...….potentially all coincidence BUT if you were ever going to start a world war the number one step would be splitting the US defence forces resources no better way to do that then have them fighting a couple of battles one in Europe in the Pacific. Throw in western world morale at a low point on the back of the Covid era and some what financial uncertainty the timing is somewhat right if that was the path you wanted to take. Obviously that is a shitload of speculation and almost fairytale stuff but I've never trusted Russia or China less than I have now.[/quote]Some good points in there. The problem is Russia have NATO first up to contend with, the US may or may not look to get in that. NATO itself has the resources to look after themselves without the US.