Didn't one of the Proud Boys run there rather than face prison for Jan 6? Looks like a big oops.
Seems like there are better places without extradition treaties. Warmer and more tropical places. The hell they go to Belarus for?
Good luck getting to stay in most of those places. They're happy to have tourists, not residents. Unless you have a lot of money to open a business. Proud little boys don't strike me as wealthy.
What are the chances the Proud Boy will even make an attempt to learn Belarusian? My prediction is close to 0%. Probably would expect others to learn English instead.
tropical shit sucks i would rather eat shit
The better, warmer places need to want to keep you around.
Why not earlier? Wtf
That's what I was thinking....anyone still there probably is in support of the war.
They could be visiting family before the whole thing goes to shit.
Sure but even then, you've got a target on your back being there as a US citizen. I'd want my family to be safe so I'd leave, it'll be less likely that anti NATO groups find out about your family if you're not there.
I am just pointing out that there are other reasons to be there at this point in time that just support of the war.
its more than a year.
There's always journalists, business people, tourists, and visiting family knocking around in these kinds of situations. This is the US Embassy officially warning those folks that they are in danger and that the US will have limited recourse if they find themselves in trouble.
I hope they have a verbally delivered version of this message interrupting tv shows - the majority of Americans in the country are conservatives doing fascism tours and they can't read.
Just as long as we (the US) can write them off as a lost cause / FAFO fodder when things go south. I don't want my tax dollars trying to rescue any people stupid enough to decide Belarus was a viable tourism or lifestyle destination following the stationing of Russian nukes and harboring of Wagner/Prigoshen within their borders.
Where will Steven Segall go?
To a buffet? Probably.
He'll join his Wagner buddies in Africa.
He's probably pretending to fight walls.
Considering the videos I've seen from Poland, it kinda feels like they're actually preparing for a massive war.
I mean, they wouldn't wanna be standing with their pants down
They'd be stupid if they weren't. There's a hot war involving a global / regional power happening on their border and the best way to keep it on the other side is to be prepared to repel any and all boarders.
That would be the most stupid military decision since the most recent Ukraine invasion.
Not doing so would be.
To be clear we're talking about preparing for war, not starting one.
I mean, Putler is known for making stupid military decisions so...
I'm a little surprised this warning wasn't issued last year. Better late than never?
They also have nukes. This is fucking terrifying.
I have nuke fatigue. I can't be bothered to be afraid of them. Go ahead and throw them, whoever was brazen enough to do so will have their country wiped from the face of the earth faster than you can say "Enola Gay". There's no one self-destructive enough to seriously consider pushing that button.
And even if there was, it's not like I'm going to change their mind. Just sit back and enjoy the mushroom clouds.
I have nuke fatigue. I can’t be bothered to be afraid of them.
Me as a GenX looking over at you.... "First time?"
Boomers got you beat for sure, anyone that lived through the cold war.
I also suspect many people don't truly appreciate just how devastating a nuke is - in the sense that hearing "blah blah destruction, mushroom cloud" a hundred times over seems to numb people to the concept. I did a deep dive into nuclear blast videos some time ago, just watching how destructive they are really made me realize I was one of these people who knew, but didn't really "know"
I hate that this is where I'm at in life too. Hell, at least the mushroom cloud would be a quick death if you're close enough! Better than dying in the Water Wars or Mother Nature saying we fucked up.
Stop with the goddamn nuke psychosis. rusian nukes aint worth shit. Be more scared of meteorites hitting the earth or dinosaur comeback but not rusian meme weapons
Do you really think it's worth taking that risk if it comes down to it?
That's the point of MAD. If they launch nukes, they get nuked back 10 times harder. Even in their best case scenario, Russia and Belarus become radioactive holes in the ground. Worst case for everyone, they kill the whole world with them. We can't let a rogue nuclear power do whatever they want because they have nukes. That's why we have nukes too. Like 90% of the "muh escalation" people are Russia shills.
I never even suggested we let them do whatever we want. That doesn't mean we provoke them into using their nukes.
I never even suggested we let them do whatever we want.
That doesn’t mean we provoke them into using their nukes.
Using that logic they can do whatever they want, as long as they back up their 'want' with nukes.
I think there are things we should never let them do, even under threat of nukes. Muscovy needs hard red lines, else they'd just annex everything. Got to call their nuke bluff from time to time.
Yes.
It's suicide for them if they do. We know our nukes work.
Rather not let nuclear dictators have free reign on the world because "OMG they may nuke us". Otherwise give em the keys to the world right now and surrender.
There's an old American proverb: LIVE FREE OR DIE
Oh come on, aint nobody scared of the potato king
Hmm I wonder if it's too late to go to North Korea instead?
Ain't nobody going to do shit. Always good to prepare though
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