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Benedict Arnold

Do the Baltic States have reason to worry?

As Mr Putin attempts to restore Russia to its former prominence, what are the chances that Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia will come under attack? 

Posted - January 16, 2017
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    Hello D:

    The only bulwark between the Baltics and Putin is NATO and the US..  Trump LOVES Putin and wants to dismantle NATO..  So, I'd say, YES..  The Baltic states NEED to worry.

    excon
      January 16, 2017 5:52 PM MST
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  • I believe they've been on alert since the middle of last year when Trump was only a bad joke. They considered the NATO forces on their soil were inadequate to deter Russia. With Trump's stated intention to build a wall and draw up his drawbridge then, you're right, they have even more reason to worry now. 
      January 16, 2017 5:56 PM MST
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  • Put it this way... i wouldn't be buying and Latvian  real estate ...
      January 16, 2017 9:20 PM MST
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  • Wise decision. :) 
      January 16, 2017 10:14 PM MST
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  • I think so ...
      January 16, 2017 10:17 PM MST
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  • Me too! I'd be a bit nervous if I was living there these days. 
      January 17, 2017 1:21 PM MST
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  • Yes... The"Russification" that's taken place there since the end of ww2 seems to put them all in the same category as the eastern states of the Ukraine.... And we know how that turned out
      January 17, 2017 3:46 PM MST
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  • Indeed. I hope they enjoyed their too few years of independence. 
      January 17, 2017 4:07 PM MST
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