Comments by "peabase" (@peabase) on "Ukraine border tensions: Blinken gives press conference after meeting with Lavrov • FRANCE 24" video.

  1. Useful idiocy much?
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  2. No, to ensure peace and stability. Putin will think twice about attacking a NATO member. It annoys him no end that he has to keep his paws off the Baltics states, for instance.
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  3. Yup, you Yanks are bitterly divided. We know.
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  4.  @ryancruz1876  He's dyslexic, runs a boarding house and his sole guest needs medical attention, OK?
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  5.  @rudyluypaert4753  Strategic reasons. Haven't you heard about the Swedes hurriedly bolstering their defences in Gotland? It was all over the news. Likewise, the Åland islands are strategic, as are the Baltic states if one wants to control the Baltic Sea. Russia has Kaliningrad, but as a semi-exclave it's a tenuous foothold. Let me guess, you're not really up to speed on matters military? History?
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  6.  @rudyluypaert4753  Big *historian. What's the relevance? WW1 certainly didn't start in the Baltic Sea.
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  7.  @rudyluypaert4753  Dag dan, manneke.
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  8. You'd think Russia would've learned their lesson in Afghanistan so as to steer clear of invading their neighbours, but nooo....
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  9.  @TheRedland284  Are you referring to verbal promises by some Western leaders not to move closer to Soviet borders? Which treaty to that effect did NATO enter into? You can't break something that doesn't exist.
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  10.  @rwnemocsgo2542  Who's lying? The question is, did those promises constitute binding commitments? The unequivocal answer is no.
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