The migrant invasion of Poland

 Power Line:

In a crisis that is, in some ways, reminiscent of our own disaster at the southern border, Poland is facing what amounts to an invasion across its border with Belarus. The London Times reports:

The EU has accused Belarus of acting like a “gangster” by luring migrants from the Middle East, Afghanistan and Africa and helping them to storm the border, which is the EU’s eastern edge, into Poland. The Polish government has claimed that Lukashenko’s ally, Russia, is behind the provocative operation.

The migrants allegedly have been flown into place on Russia’s airline, Aeroflot, and are accompanied to the border by Belarussian troops. “Gangster” seems like a fair characterization:

President Lukashenko of Belarus threatened today to close down a key gas pipeline to Europe if Poland shut its border. “We are heating Europe, but they still threaten us with closing the border,” Lukashenko, 67, said. “But what if we cut off [gas] for the Poles and, for example, for the Germans? What will happen then? We should stop at nothing when defending our sovereignty and our independence.”

Left unexplained is how Belarussian sovereignty and independence depend on forcing foreign migrants across the Polish border.

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Well, she is certainly correct that the Biden administration will not fight for Poland. Belarus would not be engaging in this provocative behavior without Russian sanction or, more likely, instigation. What are the Russians up to? Why do they think it is in their interest to force Middle Eastern and African immigrants into Poland? Are they observing the disaster at our own border, and using similar tactics to weaken Poland? Or are they simply trying to provoke an armed clash that could be the pretext for war in Eastern Europe?

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 I think Russia is up to something and his target is probably not limited to Poland but all of the EU.  This is happening while Russia is also making aggressive moves toward Ukraine and it possibly be a distraction from their efforts to recapture Ukraine.

See, also:

REVEALED: White House has warned European allies to prepare for a Russian INVASION of Ukraine with further border military build-up and tensions over gas supplies

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