| ▲ | idiotsecant 7 hours ago |
| Wow nobody even blamed Russia yet and you're jumping to their defense already. That is some top notch customer service. |
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| ▲ | roenxi 6 hours ago | parent | next [-] |
| > Some officials from Scandinavia, the Baltic states and the European Union have pointed the finger at Russia. They say the incidents appear to be part of what experts say is the Kremlin’s hybrid war on the West. The only blame placed in the article is targeted at Russia. And I'd quite like to see some speculation on Russia's possible motive for this, it sounds pointless and risky for their shipping on the face of it. |
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| ▲ | coffinbirth 7 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
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| ▲ | chollida1 7 hours ago | parent [-] | | What good would a naval blockade of Russia do when they get the vast majority of their goods by land? EDIT looking at your post history its very clear you have no intention of discussing this in good faith. | | |
| ▲ | roenxi 6 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | Probably to make sure it stays that way. Logistics by ship generally has a big advantage over logistics by land. There is a rough pattern over the last century or so of the big navel empires (UK, US, Japan) having a big military advantage. In the case of the UK and US their strategic policy has a big component that involves restricting their opponents access to resources water (eg, Germany around the world wars, China in the modern era or the way the US controls the sea-based routes out of Saudi Arabia and the land routes tend to be militarily unstable). | |
| ▲ | coffinbirth 6 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | Preventing oil exports and increase insurance premiums for Russia's export economy, because Western sanctions clearly are unsuccessful in destroying the Russian economy. My post history shows that I do support Russia's self defense against U.S./NATO threats. In my opinion Ukraine entering NATO is indeed an existential threat to Russia, because since (at least) the collapse of the UDSSR the U.S. and it's vassals openly communicated and pursued the goal of regime changing Russia (+ Belarus, Georgia). | | |
| ▲ | Sabinus 4 hours ago | parent [-] | | How does Ukraine entering NATO constitute an existential threat to Russia? Do you think Ukraine + NATO is going to invade Russia? What should NATO and the EU do to Russia, since Russia would like to break up NATO and the EU? |
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| ▲ | raverbashing 7 hours ago | parent | prev [-] |
| They only know how to follow the manual |
