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To: Williams

Blockade is an act of war. Several thousand of the US personnel is not that much of obstacle. To see them crying in captivity is going to be an embarrassment.


6 posted on 06/20/2022 7:23:24 AM PDT by NorseViking
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To: NorseViking
Blockade is an act of war.

This is not a blockade. Russia can still access Kaliningrad via sea.

10 posted on 06/20/2022 7:28:53 AM PDT by Petrosius
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To: NorseViking

What are you?
I ask you to explain yourself.
Your identity is beyond curious.
Speaking as a curious man in his own right.

I suspect you are as “norse” as my amuma.


15 posted on 06/20/2022 7:30:44 AM PDT by buwaya (Strategic imperatives )
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To: NorseViking

It’s not a blockade, only a prohibition of certain goods. And given the Russian army’s recent performance, several thousand US troops are probably the equivalent of 70K Russians, especially given the airpower differential.


18 posted on 06/20/2022 7:31:33 AM PDT by pierrem15 ("Massacrez-les, car le seigneur connait les siens" )
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To: NorseViking

It’s not a blockade. Just ship your contraband via the Baltic.


41 posted on 06/20/2022 7:43:07 AM PDT by MercyFlush (☭☭☭ Soviet Russia must be destroyed. ☭☭☭)
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To: NorseViking

Blockade is an act of war.


Generally, no, but in this case there was a specific treaty and the very existence of the Lithuanian state was preconditioned on the transit rights.

So we should not be too surprised if a certain small country would cease to exist or gets reduced in size — for the glory of 10%, of course.


71 posted on 06/20/2022 8:01:42 AM PDT by mvonfr
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To: NorseViking; Williams
Blockade is an act of war.

Interdicting shipping on the high seas might be considered an act of war - but closing the borders of your country to foreign cargo, i.e., not allowing transit through your own territory of foreign goods is most certainly allowed under International Law.

Regards,

79 posted on 06/20/2022 8:05:27 AM PDT by alexander_busek (Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
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To: NorseViking

Not allowing supplies through their sovereign country is NOT a blockade. Russia just has to go around. Lithuania is a NATO member…and an attack on one is an attack on all. Unless the US officially withdraws from NATO, we are obligated to come to their aid.


174 posted on 06/20/2022 9:49:03 AM PDT by USAF1985 (Joe McCarthy is a hero...he was absolutely, 100% correct! (Let’s go Brandon!))
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