Given the nature of U.S. led NATO efforts, this collaborative move by Russia and Belarus is as subtle as a brick through a window.
Joe Biden policy, actually the policy of the US State Dept/CIA, like the policy of Barack Obama before him (same institutions), is contingent upon the targeted nations participating in a great pretending that U.S. moves are not intentionally adversarial. Unfortunately, the era of pretend foreign policy pressure has ended, but the State Dept and CIA refuse to modify their playbook.
Russia, Iran, China, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, et al, are not pretending.
TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — The president of Belarus said Monday that Russia has completed its shipments of tactical nuclear weapons to his country, an initiative that raised strong concerns in neighboring Poland and elsewhere in the region.
President Alexander Lukashenko said at a meeting of a Moscow-led economic bloc in St. Petersburg that the shipments were completed in October, but he did not give details of how many weapons were sent or where they have been deployed.
Tactical nuclear weapons, which are intended for use on the battlefield, have a short range and a low yield compared with much more powerful nuclear warheads fitted to long-range missiles. Russia said it would maintain control over those it sends to Belarus.
Lukashenko has said that hosting Russian nuclear weapons in his country is meant to deter aggression by Poland, a NATO member. Poland is offering neighbor Ukraine military, humanitarian and political backing in its struggle against Russia’s invasion and is taking part in international sanctions on Russia and Belarus. (read more)
All of Eastern Europe is praying for President Donald J Trump.
For most of Western Europe it’s already too late.
Western Europe better worry about global warming. I suppose we should as well, thanks to Brandon.
Also important is that with the staging of the nuclear weapons any color revolution attempt in Belarus will cause Russia to respond militarily to safeguard the nuclear weapons.
Thus it can be seen as a strategic poison pill against further color revolutions in Belarus — much like what happened in Belarus and Georgia in the past few years. (Regime change is a loved weapon of the Western world to replace governments that are not aligned enough– look at what happened to Serbia just few days ago)
The sooner Russian troops are in Kiev, the better.