Originally posted by kquinn909take a chill pill you lunatic. they are simply flexing their muscles, both of them. nobody will start ww3 especially not over something as idiotic as this. that is, if it's even true, the sun is little better than the onion.
Freaking turns out he's the lunatic. https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/2531054/america-special-forces-russian-border-lithuania-obama-putin/
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Although it pains me to agree with half the sentiments here.... Nato doing tank-division exercises on the Eastern Polish border isn't a very smart thing to do.
The Russians are a bit paranoid about large amounts of (German) divisions massing newr their borders... it's not ended well for them a few times...
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The post that was quoted here has been removedActually, Germany declared war on Russia first in 1914.http://www.firstworldwar.com/source/germandeclarationofwar_russia.htm
Russian mobilization followed Austria-Hungary's declaration of war against Serbia.http://www.historyplace.com/worldhistory/firstworldwar/index-1914.html
Originally posted by shavixmirI'm having a heart attack.
Although it pains me to agree with half the sentiments here.... Nato doing tank-division exercises on the Eastern Polish border isn't a very smart thing to do.
The Russians are a bit paranoid about large amounts of (German) divisions massing newr their borders... it's not ended well for them a few times...
The post that was quoted here has been removedIt's not just Germany, it's Europe (and the West) in general. From Napoleon to Thatcher.
Yes, Russia did declare war on Germany in WWI, but it was the weapons build-up between France, England and Germany which was the underlaying cause (with the obvious eye on maintaining and increasing their empires).
You could suggest that Russia only declared war Germany, because they knew that Germany was going to declare war on them. Germany had to, because Russia had declared war on Austro-Hungary, because Austro-Hungary had declared war on Serbia... and Germany had a mutual protection pact of sorts of Autro-Hungary.
During the cold war, Russia was generally reactionary to the West's actions. All of this (and horrendous losses in life) have led to quite a paranoid view of the West's activities.
And quite rightly so.
Missile shields and NATO manouvres in Poland are felt as a direct threat in Russia.