I think it may be accurate to say that rail service is the primary means to connect Kaliningrad to Russia, especially regarding moving military assets. That's what the agreement was about.
Indeed, it is fair to say this. However, West Berlin faced the same obstacle for over 45 years. How did this detached landlocked city of the former West German government get supplies and move military assets to and fro? How did it survive?
Being a down-voter as you are doesn't erase your rather sensational post and not considering the economic and military leverage that Russia has. I simply pointed this out.
First, tell me who is "us". Please oblige me with the names on your ostensible panel. Or do you really mean just 'you'?
Think about the following. The island of Hawaii has no railroads connecting it to the continental United States. Who is Sergei Lavrov? Who supplies Lithuania LNG? Where do Lithuania's sources get their LNG? How important is $5.39 billion to Lithuania's economy? Answering these questions will provide insight to my statement. There's far more to this than the few examples I provided.
This is not about a railroad. It's about the sovereignty of the Russian nation, and NATO is fully aware of that fact. This doesn't end well.
But perhaps there will be one silver lining to a major war with Russia. It will move military forces outside of the borders of western nations, and leave the corrupt rulers of those nations exposed to internal correction by their citizens.
You're preaching to the choir here. I'm not on-board with the "doesn't end well" scanario. Not yet anyway. Sergei Lavrov is probably the most experienced foreign minister in the world. This is a chess game, in which Lithuania has taken a pawn, but it is part of a bigger game of pressuring Russia on different fronts. Russia knows this and has plenty of leverage over Lithuania. Do you think buying LNG through Belarus and Estonia hurts the Russians? It is the Russians that provide LNG to Belarus and Estonia. It's all a show right now. Japan is being chided into acting on the Kuril Islands and Sakhalin dispute with Russia. These islands were granted to Russia in the Yalta Agreement at the end of WWII. The US wants to pressure Russia from every side. Russia knows it and the countries acting as proxies are learning that Europe and the United States are in an economic mess and the military support given today may soon be gone tomorrow.
Not quite. As if rail service is the only means to ship product to Kalingrad. You both over-stated and under-stated the situation.
I think it may be accurate to say that rail service is the primary means to connect Kaliningrad to Russia, especially regarding moving military assets. That's what the agreement was about.
Indeed, it is fair to say this. However, West Berlin faced the same obstacle for over 45 years. How did this detached landlocked city of the former West German government get supplies and move military assets to and fro? How did it survive?
It sounds like you have much more to say. Please enlighten us, and explain how I have both over-stated and under-stated the situation.
Being a down-voter as you are doesn't erase your rather sensational post and not considering the economic and military leverage that Russia has. I simply pointed this out.
First, tell me who is "us". Please oblige me with the names on your ostensible panel. Or do you really mean just 'you'?
Think about the following. The island of Hawaii has no railroads connecting it to the continental United States. Who is Sergei Lavrov? Who supplies Lithuania LNG? Where do Lithuania's sources get their LNG? How important is $5.39 billion to Lithuania's economy? Answering these questions will provide insight to my statement. There's far more to this than the few examples I provided.
This is not about a railroad. It's about the sovereignty of the Russian nation, and NATO is fully aware of that fact. This doesn't end well.
But perhaps there will be one silver lining to a major war with Russia. It will move military forces outside of the borders of western nations, and leave the corrupt rulers of those nations exposed to internal correction by their citizens.
You're preaching to the choir here. I'm not on-board with the "doesn't end well" scanario. Not yet anyway. Sergei Lavrov is probably the most experienced foreign minister in the world. This is a chess game, in which Lithuania has taken a pawn, but it is part of a bigger game of pressuring Russia on different fronts. Russia knows this and has plenty of leverage over Lithuania. Do you think buying LNG through Belarus and Estonia hurts the Russians? It is the Russians that provide LNG to Belarus and Estonia. It's all a show right now. Japan is being chided into acting on the Kuril Islands and Sakhalin dispute with Russia. These islands were granted to Russia in the Yalta Agreement at the end of WWII. The US wants to pressure Russia from every side. Russia knows it and the countries acting as proxies are learning that Europe and the United States are in an economic mess and the military support given today may soon be gone tomorrow.