Head vabariigi iseseisvuspäeva! Happy Estonian Independence Day! It is one year since I stood outside the Estonian Parliament for the traditional raising of the national flag from Tall Hermann tower. Looking at the young fraternities gathered with their flags, I was very sure that Estonia too would soon be facing the aggression of the criminal Russian regime. A tragic and dark day. 5 eyes intelligence had been clear: an all out invasion was going to happen, and Putin´s goals included- and still include- "restoration" of Russian imperial power across Europe, even to the Atlantic. Yet there was one Western intelligence failure: we all underestimated the guts of the Ukrainian armed forces, the ZSU, and its President and people. One year on, Estonia, and indeed all the front line states against Russia, knows that Ukraine saved us. Estonia used that time to prepare itself, should that "delayed" onslaught ever be unleashed, but equally the determination of Kaja Kallas, ...
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So we expel a couple theirs, they do likewise. Then we go back to dealing with each other yaady ya. This is not the Cuban Missile crisis Cicero. I await you on this on the Cameron thread
Lepidus
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/6901346.stm
Of course we know there's a lot more in the background. VX must be expecting more than a few people home soon too...
And you know about how Belarus "uncovered" a "Polish" spy-ring also?
Here we go again...