Lithuania just started blockading the Kaliningrad Region, a russian enclave between Lithuania and Poland, citing “EU sanctions”. Now no trains or trucks carrying commercial goods are allowed to go to Kaliningrad Region from Mainland Russia. Russia warned Lithuania of “serious consequences” if they continued this, saying that their response “will have a serious negative impact on the lithuanian people”. Shits getting real.
Not just getting shit back – which, okay, maybe you can make an argument for – but also grabbing a whole lot of new shit and destabilizing things in the process.
Stalin did say that when germany was just trying to get their territory back, they where just nationalists, but the moment they started imposing the rule on all other european countries, they becamed imperialists, that was the big difference between the USSR and nazi germany during the invasion of Poland, USSR was just recuperating bielorussian and ukranian territory, the nazis wanted to destroy poland and all its inhabitants.
Exactly, people always conveniently forget the whole Polish-Soviet war – and the fact that it’s such a mid-bogglingly stupid episode in Poland’s history makes it difficult to explain to people. “We’ve just gained independence after centuries of foreign occupation; should we build up our economy, or construct some infrastructure, or work on political stability? Nah, let’s get in a war with Russia and try to rebuild the Commonwealth.”
When they do remember it, it’s either “omg glorious winged hussars beating evil Asiatic commies!” or “Poland fighting for independence and restoration of glory”.