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Perhaps Ukraine could arm and train a few good Belarusian patriots to overthrow the Lukashenko regime, bring back the legitimate president and apply for EU membership, just like Ukraine...

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The English Crown was using privateers to plunder the Spanish galleons coming from the New World... The Spanish would complain, and the queen would say: they are not mine, they are private... but if you're upset, I'll put him in the Tower of London. The gentleman would rest for a few months and then they'd get him out and make him a lord...

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Hard to imagine seasoned officers resigning in this modern 'military career' environment. Though I do see much talk online of people willing to join a foreign legion-esque band.

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