Re: Pearls Before Swine: Uncle Is Not Good With Money

Cryptoengineer  <petertrei@gmail.com> wrote:

Moscow sits in the middle of a vast plain, stretching from Germany to
Urals. Its been invaded many, many times. Buffer zones are pretty much
the only defense that they know works.
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It's terrifying to Putin that so much of Russia now borders on NATO
countries. He felt far more secure when there was a layer of Warsaw
Pact countries in the way.

Yes, and it is terrifying to many of us in the West as well.  It is very
comforting for the Poles though.

The thing is that the buffer zones are of great use fighting a land war
but these days ther are so many more convenient and effective methods of
invasion.
--scott

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