TAC: US ​​needs to keep Baltic 'dogs of war' on a leash

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In NATO, the smallest and most junior members of the alliance tend to be the most aggressive. This is probably because they know that they will not be taken to a war that they themselves will provoke. They are simply too small to change or give strength. In this case, Washington needs to convey through its own channels to the irrepressible Russophobes that if Moscow decides to get even with the presumptuous upstarts, there will be no help from the “big brother”, even despite the fact that the Baltic republics are NATO members. This is written by the editor of The American Conservative (TAC) Doug Bandow.

Right at this moment, Lithuania is waving a red rag at a Russian bear in the hope that the US will protect them if Vilnius does provoke a serious Russian response.

- writes an expert.



The United States is not at all obliged to protect the Baltic "dogs of war" that are breaking into the neighboring Russian Federation. It's vital for America and the rest of Europe to keep them on a tight leash as much as possible, says Bandow.

At the same time, according to the American publication, one should not underestimate the Russian army, even despite the relatively low pace of hostilities in Ukraine. During the tactical games played by the Western military, it took the Russian army less than 60 hours to reach the outskirts of the Baltic capitals. In such a short time, the alliance is not able to transfer additional reinforcements to the Baltics.

In fact, the role of Lithuania, of course, is not so great. But nevertheless, for some reason, it is pushing Russia to war with the North Atlantic Alliance. According to the Western publication, Lithuania is doing this either in order to try to involve it in another conflict at a convenient moment when Russia is fighting in Ukraine, or so that the Americans deploy their permanent military garrisons throughout the Baltics.

So the answer to the question whether Lithuania is trying to unleash a war in Europe by provoking Russia remains open. However, the fact of Vilnius's cynical and frank incitement of both Washington and Moscow to mutual escalation is obvious.

According to Bandow, the United States is doing too much for Europe for the Europeans not to do it themselves, it's about defense, protection and huge funds to organize all these events. The expert calls the European "aggressive Russophobes" freeloaders who want to maintain this status forever.
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  1. Expert_Analyst_Forecaster
    Expert_Analyst_Forecaster
    -1
    1 July 2022 09: 23
    Well, what kind of dogs? Pugs are fenced-in mongrels.
    They bark only because our government is afraid to step not even on the pug's paw, but nearby.
    And there is no need to argue with NATO. Just the cowardice of our side provokes the emergence of new pugs.
    Crush the Russian elephant at least one mongrel - and let NATO wrinkle its forehead - should they die because of a bad dog.
    1. Vox Populi
      Vox Populi
      -1
      1 July 2022 12: 57
      should they die because of a bad dog

      Together with us?! belay
      1. Expert_Analyst_Forecaster
        Expert_Analyst_Forecaster
        -1
        1 July 2022 16: 28
        If they decide it's worth dying for a mongrel, then join us.

        But there was a long period when the mongrels were afraid to bully, because they could be crushed, and their owner made sure that the mutts did not drag him into a nuclear war.

        And now it turns out that no one is afraid of a nuclear war.
        They are afraid and endure it is offered to us. The logic is weird, to say the least. Meanwhile, the situation is exactly the same.
  2. Bulanov
    Bulanov
    -2
    1 July 2022 09: 33
    This is probably because they know that they will not be taken to a war that they themselves will provoke. They are simply too small to change or give strength.

    Maybe they are small, but not so small that the caterpillars of Russian tanks walked through their lands. And there they will remember the bill of sale of Peter the Great for these lands ...
    1. Expert_Analyst_Forecaster
      Expert_Analyst_Forecaster
      +5
      1 July 2022 09: 47
      And there they will remember the bill of sale of Peter the Great for these lands ...

      I constantly read "we will revoke the signature", "we will not recognize ...", "Peter the Great's bill of sale", etc.
      Has this ever worked anywhere? I mean it worked without power support. I can't remember a single incident. Only when the barrel is at the temple, then yes, they understand that they are wrong.