the Daily Whale - 1 April 2014

If you’re democratic for too long, you tend to forget how authoritarian leaders think.

Estonia: This is a definite danger for the Baltic states.
Latvia: The Russian information warfare reminds us of the Soviet invasion in 1940.
Lithuania: We want a larger presence of NATO forces as soon as possible.
Poland: The wolf may not be here yet, but he’s closing in fast.
Germany: Maybe, but self-defense seems so provocative. Isn’t it too dangerous?

The line I attributed to Lithuania is actually from Latvia, whose situation is a bit more precarious. The Poland line is from an essay by Michal Kaminski. The other two are modified from random news articles.

1 April 2014 - wolflike Russia

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