via MilitaryTimes.com
PRAGUE — Russia is unlikely to launch a military thrust against the Baltics because President Vladimir Putin "is not suicidal," Czech President Milos Zeman said Tuesday.Wow.
The Baltic countries — Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania — were ruled by Moscow for nearly five decades following World War II and have been especially nervous about Russian intentions since fighting broke out in Ukraine. Latvia and Estonia, like eastern Ukraine, have large Russian-speaking communities.
"I don't think Russia could start a war by attacking any of the NATO member states," Zeman said in an interview with The Associated Press. "Because for sure Vladimir Putin is not suicidal and he knows the consequences this would have.
"I'm sure that in such a case, an appropriate military, not just a political and economic, reaction would take place."
Why would you poke the bear?
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