Baltic states

When the Directory took over, it was, it was gone.

And, um, the Directory went back and forth in terms of its loyalty, just like the P- just like the Poles and, uh, just like in, in, in the Baltics.

And, you know, um, so Vinnychenko was a, a national, um, I, I don't wanna say a national socialist, he was a national communist, and, uh, Lenin was uninterested in him, um, for many reasons.

But, you know, um, and the Cossacks, of course, were something that were totally anathema to, to the Soviets.

And, of course, there were certain disagreements, but they still actively supported the Red Army.

And any intervention, and I'll say this again and again and again, during the war, of course, was for the sake of getting, you know, the Russians back into the war.

But afterwards, it was to protect their own assets, to try to encourage the secession of the Baltics, especially down south, the French, the attempt to make sure the oil wells didn't fall into the hands of the whites or anybody else but themselves, to protect their own ammunition stores, which could have been given to the whites, but were never.

They were destroyed rather than given to the whites.

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Um, but these slogans here, um, and part of it is projection.

Remember, the Soviets had just invaded the, the Baltics.

They invaded Poland a few days after Germany did.

And of course, the Gulag, uh, camps were moved right where- wherever the Soviet Union was, and all their enemies were sent there Um, so, you know, Germany's biggest problem...

And, um, um, you know, yeah, they wanted to make it look that way, but they really didn't have to work very hard.

The willingness of the local population for such initiatives varied greatly in different occupied regions.

Quote, "In the tense atmosphere of the Baltics, the hatred of Jews reached a boiling point at the very moment of Hitler's onslaught against Soviet Russia on June 22nd, 1941." End quote.

The Jews were accused of collaboration with the NKVD in the deportation of Baltic citizens.

When the Directory took over, it was, it was gone.

And, um, the Directory went back and forth in terms of its loyalty, just like the P- just like the Poles and, uh, just like in, in, in the Baltics.

And, you know, um, so Vynnychenko was a, a national, um, I, I won't say a national socialist, he was a national communist, and, uh, Lenin was uninterested in him, um, for many reasons.

But, you know, um, the Cossacks, of course, were something that were totally anathema to, to the Soviets.

And of course, there were certain disagreements, but they, they still, uh, actively supported, uh, the Red Army.

And, um, and any intervention, and I'll say this again and again and again, uh, during the war, of course, was for the sake of getting, you know, the Russians back into the war.

But afterwards, it was to protect their own assets, to try to, um, encourage the secession of the Baltics, especially down south, the French, the, uh, attempt to make sure the, the oil wells didn't fall into the hands of the Whites or anybody else but themselves, to protect their own ammunition stores, which could have been given to the Whites but were never.

They were destroyed rather than given to the Whites.

There is a tactical and there is the political.

politically there's growing doubts that the US in fact still has a nuclear umbrella over Europe and that especially over some parts of Europe, like the Baltic States.

And there's a fear that President Putin may construe what's going on in Washington as a license to try to bite off one or another part of NATO and the European Union.

And the French are the only ones who have a fully independent nuclear deterrent that could create some additional doubts in the Kremlin that the French are now, let's say, they're not offering a nuclear umbrella to the rest of Europe, but they are saying that the French nuclear weapon has a European dimension and that It's unthinkable that the French vital interests will not be touched if some of the closest allies of France and Europe are attacked.

It does extend to Poland.

It does extend to Finland.

It does not extend to the Baltic states, for example.

So what will happen if Marine Le Pen wins the presidency? So the national, sort of the national rally, I guess in English.

There is a tactical and there is the political.

politically there's growing doubts that the US in fact still has a nuclear umbrella over Europe and that especially over some parts of Europe, like the Baltic States.

And there's a fear that President Putin may construe what's going on in Washington as a license to try to bite off one or another part of NATO and the European Union.

And the French are the only ones who have a fully independent nuclear deterrent that could create some additional doubts in the Kremlin that the French are now, let's say, they're not offering a nuclear umbrella to the rest of Europe, but they are saying that the French nuclear weapon has a European dimension and that It's unthinkable that the French vital interests will not be touched if some of the closest allies of France and Europe are attacked.

It does extend to Poland.

It does extend to Finland.

It does not extend to the Baltic states, for example.

So what will happen if Marine Le Pen wins the presidency? So the national, sort of the national rally, I guess in English.

Moscow wants Europeans at the table so it can demand concessions of NATO, and the paper speculates that the ask is a return to the 1987 lines.

Meaning, troops out of Poland, the Baltics, and Finland.

That's the telegraph guessing, but, you know, I live inside that guess, along with a bunch of other people.

The Baltics here doesn't feel really nice, and I don't think we want to really go anywhere.

Meanwhile, something strange happened in the Z-sphere, which I'd call a moment of clarity if it hadn't arrived five years late.

The channel Неопознанное Тело, or Unknown Body, wrote, quote, Among Russian opinion leaders there is one bad habit.

I haven't fed in who...

Who would anthropic think could win a conflict in the Baltics in 2030? And give me your rationale.

I mean, it would probably pull on, you know, the eight studies that are already out there that have assessed that.

But could it come up with its own reason, its own logic based on it's what it can pull from all this historic data? And the answer to that question would be it wouldn't come up with a credible answer.

That's fair game.

Right? As long as I stay that up in the Baltics, I'm probably good.

Yeah.

Right? Yeah.