bkp_duke
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Ugh, so any country has "veto" power in NATO.
All Putin has to do is buy someone out.
All Putin has to do is buy someone out.
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veto on entry = yesUgh, so any country has "veto" power in NATO.
All Putin has to do is buy someone out.
By the way there is (AFAIK) no direct way to eject a country from NATO, or for that matter the EU. I think there might be some roundabout ways, but not direct ones.
I was thinking about this the other day ... Acceptance of Hungary and some of the other eastern countries into NATO were dubious choices. In retrospect they should have made their own umbrella together.
Russian President Vladimir Putin likely intends to annex occupied southern and eastern Ukraine directly into the Russian Federation in the coming months. He will likely then state, directly or obliquely, that Russian doctrine permitting the use of nuclear weapons to defend Russian territory applies to those newly annexed territories.
"I have no idea what will be the end of this reflection but without that, the country doesn't have a right to exist – like Germany after the Second World War. It’s Russia where we should have a de-Nazification, not Ukraine," she told Reuters Television.
Scary *sugar*
Institute for the Study of War
Russian President Vladimir Putin likely intends to annex occupied southern and eastern Ukraine directly into the Russian Federation in the coming months. He will likely then state, directly or obliquely, that Russian doctrine permitting the use ofwww.understandingwar.org
Not quite clear on that, there are conflicting information if the Russians are able to annex Kherson just now. They may have bit more than they can chew at this time. See what the local Benedict Arnold had to say:Ive been concerned about this for a few weeks. I've seen stories in the last few weeks that Russia plans to annex Kherson. To give it a fig leaf of respectability, they plan to hold a referendum. Which of course will be rigged.
Aid to Ukraine is being held up by 1 Republican Senator who refuses to negotiate with even his fellow Republicans. And the current aid package runs out in about a week.
Senator Rand Paul single-handedly holds up $40bn US aid for Ukraine Democratic and Republican Senate leaders both supported package but Paul objected to scale of spending
Not quite clear on that, there are conflicting information if the Russians are able to annex Kherson just now. They may have bit more than they can chew at this time. See what the local Benedict Arnold had to say:
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Google translate, but can't figure out how to get a direct link for translate from a Telegram web interface
Nit-picking, but the top Allied ace (by definition) was Constantin Cantacuzino with 69 victories. Of course most of the were before Romania switched sides (both Russians as well as US/UK planes) in 1944, but he had 11 victories (German planes) after that as well. The guy was a legend from before the war, a crazy rich daredevil playboy, a poster kid of the crazy late 20s. After Romania switched sides he was the one that flew a US POW to Italy in a Messerschmidte Bf109 and returned the next day flying a Mustang P-51 because the Messerschmidte couldn't be refueled by Allies. And of course before leaving the Foggia airspace, on his first flight in the Mustang, he had to do acrobatics firstThe top non-German ace is a Finn with 94. The top Allied ace was Ivan Kozhedub with 66.
It was originally scheduled to be in Kyiv but apparently something came up
Wow. Be safe! I realize that's easier said than done.
Spring Session, Vilnius, Lithuania, 27-30 May 2022
Was just talking with my Congressperson and she mentioned she is off to this NATO Parliamentary Assembly’s 2022 Spring Session in Vilnius, Lithuania in a couple weeks. It was originally scheduled to be in Kyiv but apparently something came up so it was moved to Vilnius. I asked her if she was planning a stop in Moscow, but she's been sanctioned so no sightseeing in Russia this trip. Wonder what they will be talking about? Anyone know?