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<blockquote data-quote="vantexan" data-source="post: 5734165" data-attributes="member: 24302"><p>It&#039;s been Putin&#039;s M.O. to go into neighboring countries with a Russian minority.&nbsp; He&#039;s already carved off areas of Georgia where Russians are in the majority.&nbsp; I doubt he&#039;ll take over Belarus because they already lick his boots.&nbsp; Moldova only if he wins in Ukraine.&nbsp; I&#039;m betting a major target will be northern Kazakhstan.&nbsp; It&#039;s where ethnic Russians predominate and it&#039;s Kazahkstan&#039;s most productive farmland.&nbsp; The Armenians love having their own country but do allow a Russian base there.&nbsp; Keeps them safe from Azerbaijan and Turkey.&nbsp; But the common denominator is they&#039;re all former Soviet Republics and while most Russians left after the breakup he seems keen on protecting the remaining pockets in these countries.&nbsp; But Poland is a whole other animal and, if you hear major politicians saying he&#039;ll be in Poland or other NATO countries next, what it&#039;s likely they&#039;re doing is fear mongering to keep the money flowing to defense contractors.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="vantexan, post: 5734165, member: 24302"] It's been Putin's M.O. to go into neighboring countries with a Russian minority. He's already carved off areas of Georgia where Russians are in the majority. I doubt he'll take over Belarus because they already lick his boots. Moldova only if he wins in Ukraine. I'm betting a major target will be northern Kazakhstan. It's where ethnic Russians predominate and it's Kazahkstan's most productive farmland. The Armenians love having their own country but do allow a Russian base there. Keeps them safe from Azerbaijan and Turkey. But the common denominator is they're all former Soviet Republics and while most Russians left after the breakup he seems keen on protecting the remaining pockets in these countries. But Poland is a whole other animal and, if you hear major politicians saying he'll be in Poland or other NATO countries next, what it's likely they're doing is fear mongering to keep the money flowing to defense contractors. [/QUOTE]

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