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Urdar t1_ja6wj1b wrote

Reply to comment by JoeyGIllustration in A series of so-called warning strikes in the public sector in the western German state of North Rhine-Westphalia on Monday is set to cause major disruption in the region's two biggest international airports, as well as affecting local public transport, day care facilities and other services. by DoremusJessup

"warning strike" is the direct and literal translation of the German term though.

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Arcturion t1_ja6vg51 wrote

Reply to Belarus to Mobilize 1.5 Million Potential Soldiers Outside the Armed Forces in Case of War, Senior Belarusian Official Claims by Leshracc

>Lukashenko this month ordered the formation of a new volunteer territorial defence force of up to 150,000 people. He has said his army would fight only if Belarus was attacked.

I'd start running if I was a Belarussian conscript. Where have we heard similar promises before?

Conscripts are cannon fodder. They won't draft conscripts unless they plan to use them.

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Gumbulos t1_ja6uqfj wrote

Reply to comment by xenoghost1 in Putin casts war as a battle for Russias survival by R1ckCrypto

Putin coined the idea that Russia would split up when the war effort fails. As it is doomed to fail given the current Russian losses...

I think a territorial disintegration of Russia will be good for Russians. And another Baltic state will benefit its ethnic Russian population. And this will also apply to all the other provinces.

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TheDukeOfMars t1_ja6uiyw wrote

Reply to comment by jjb1197j in Belarus to Mobilize 1.5 Million Potential Soldiers Outside the Armed Forces in Case of War, Senior Belarusian Official Claims by Leshracc

Study Italy during World War 2. Once UK and US invaded Sicily, the fascist party kicked out and arrested Mussolini, then offered to switch sides against Nazis. The Nazis then freed Mussolini, disarmed and replaced all Italian troops on the front to stop allied advance up the peninsula - leading for the need for D-Day/invasion of Normandy.

The second the war starts going badly, Belarus government/people will kick out Lukashenko and Russia will have to effectively occupy the country like Germany did Italy. Good chance Lukashenko meets the same fate as Mussolini when all this is over (which is pretty bad. You should read how he died because history often rhymes).

http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/april/28/newsid_3564000/3564529.stm

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Benito_Mussolini

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benito_Mussolini

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autotldr t1_ja6ufgm wrote

Reply to Manish Sisodia: Protests planned in Delhi over minister’s arrest by Tartan_Samurai

This is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 75%. (I'm a bot)

> Members of the party that governs Indian capital Delhi are set to hold nationwide protests over a top leader's arrest for alleged corruption.

> India's Central Bureau of Investigation has said that Mr Sisodia was arrested in connection with its investigation into Delhi's liquor policy, under which new alcohol shops had been opened - these were later closed after the Delhi government withdrew the scheme.

> Last year, Delhi's health minister Satyendra Jain was arrested in connection with a money laundering case - he has denied the allegations, and is still in jail after a Delhi court rejected his bail plea.

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