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.@CBSDavidMartin "Pentagon lawyers have determined..US has no obligation to come to the defense of a Marshall Islands-flagged vessel at sea" — Major Garrett (@MajorCBS) April 28, 2015 Every country that falls within the sphere of influence of a potential aggressor, say Putin’s Russia, or more emphatically, China, just learned that the supposed benefits of being…
Every country that falls within the sphere of influence of a potential aggressor, say Putin’s Russia, or more emphatically, China, just learned that the supposed benefits of being allied with the United States is worth exactly nothing. And so, they’ll react accordingly, and make accommodations, against our interests, with those nations.
H/T to Fringe.
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That’s truly embarrassing. They’re not allies. We ARE their military.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compact_of_Free_Association
Ukrainians better go back to speaking Russian because we ain’t doin’ nothin’ there.
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I’ve heard the Swedes are reinforcing Gotland because of the concerns.
If the Ukes won’t answer the call, then they will end up back in Mother Russia. They’re raiding colleges because the boys aren’t answering call up notices.
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Wiki says they’ve posted a mech/armored battalion on Gotland. Further plans to expand defenses. So at least Sweden thinks the threat is plausible.
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“There’s a growing concern that Russia might try to seize part of Gotland.”
Sounds unlikely to me. Not only would it be an act of war to which Sweden would have to respond (population 50,000+), it would rejuvenate NATO. Militarily, there is no way they could hold it even if they could take it.
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