it’s neighbours never get strong enough to be a military threat.
For interest...
The implications of Europe and the UK positioning 40,000 or more, troops, aircraft and ships, on the borders of Kaliningrad would send what message? Since the country besides it's predominantly Russian population has elements of
Ukrainian, Belarusian, Tatar, German, Armenian, Polish, and Lithuanian people, perhaps the justification could be termed prevention of "ethnic cleansing".
While Ukraine is considerably larger than Kaliningrad, the comparison in size when considering a military threat from Russia can only be seen for what it is.
"First they came for Estonia, then Lithuania, later they entered Poland, finally they came for.....but there was no one left to object."
The strong, threatening and intimidating the weak, there are similarities with historic events.
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