Subj : Re: Finland has already suffered Ukraine's fate once before
To : Joseph Pereira
From : Kurt Weiske
Date : Mon Aug 18 2025 10:08 am
-=> Joseph Pereira wrote to All <=-
JP> In 1939, Russia attacked Finland. There was no reason for it, other
JP> than that Russia wanted more land to reduce its perceived
JP> vulnerability. Finland was not a threat to the Russians, but Stalin
JP> simply wanted more territory.
I saw an interesting video trying to describe Russian geopolitical
thinking, and it made a lot of sense if you turn the map of europe 90
degrees clockwise, so Russia is at the bottom. All of their policies
have been around limiting the border exposure to western Europe, like
they're planning on rolling tanks through again.
The invasion of Ukraine, when looked at from that perspective, seems to
fit the theory. It's all about limiting border access to Russia and
creating buffers.
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