USA Urges Citizens to Leave Belarus Immediately

 Belarus is friendly with Russia. Check out a map and you can see that Belarus shares their entire Eastern border with Russia.  To their West they border Poland, Latvia and Lithuania and those 3 nations are part of the 31 nations that are members of NATO.  So there could be little doubt that the borders of Belarus and those 3 nations are most likely tense.

Today in the headlines, the US Embassy in Belarus has urged Americans to leave immediately.  Why?  Maybe because it's going to be increasingly hard for America to work with Belarus on any issue that involves US citizens and tourists that run into legal trouble or go missing or need medical help?  Or maybe it's because USA is getting closer and closer to having a hot war break out between USA and Russia?

The U.S. Embassy in Belarus has issued an alert warning on Monday that Americans should depart the country immediately.

Belarus has aided Russia in its 18-month war in Ukraine, which has pitted Minsk in opposition of the West, including its neighbors.

"Do not travel to Belarus due to Belarusian authorities’ continued facilitation of Russia’s unprovoked attack on Ukraine, the buildup of Russian military forces in Belarus, the arbitrary enforcement of local laws, the potential of civil unrest, the risk of detention, and the Embassy’s limited ability to assist U.S. citizens residing in or traveling to Belarus," a statement from the U.S. Embassy in Minsk said.

Of Belarus’s neighbors, U.S. citizens are not permitted to enter Poland overland from Belarus and are advised not to enter Russia or Ukraine, which leaves Lithuania and Latvia. The Lithuanian government closed two border crossings days ago, while four more remain open, though the Polish, Lithuanian, and Latvian governments have said additional border crossing closings could happen.

The State Department has four travel advisories: 1. exercise normal precautions; 2. exercise increased caution; 3. reconsider travel; and 4. do not travel. Belarus is listed in the fourth category.

Shortly after the war began, the State Department ordered the departure of U.S. government employees and the suspension of operations of the U.S. Embassy in Minsk while it suspended all consular services, routine and emergency. Should an American decide to travel to Belarus despite the warnings, the State Department advises that the person “have a contingency plan in place that does not rely on U.S. government assistance.”

The Wagner Group, a Russian paramilitary organization led by a former close ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin, has relocated, to some extent, to Belarus given its short-lived attempted mutiny earlier this summer, which likely contributed to Lithuania's decision to close two of the border crossings with Belarus.

Here;  US urges Americans to leave Belarus immediately | Washington Examiner

If you still decide to go to Belarus and you end up in trouble, the US Gov't will have almost no ability to help you...unless you happen to be a black, woman, lesbian who hates America...then they will jump through all the hoops in the world to fix your freedom and bring you home!  But white men who are married to one woman....you better just stay out of Belarus.

In related news, Poland has been putting thousands of soldiers on their border with Belarus.  Here's what's being said about that;

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland is deploying thousands of troops to its border with Belarus, calling it a deterrent move as tensions between the two neighbors ratchet up. Those tensions between Poland — a NATO and European Union country — and Belarus, which is Russia’s ally in its war on Ukraine, have been building up in recent months on the border. Here is why:

ORIGINS OF THE TENSIONS

Poland has been backing the Belarusian opposition ever since the 2020 presidential elections, where pro-Russian Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko won a sixth term in a vote that Poland and the wider Western community saw as rigged.

In 2021, Belarus began organizing and pushing thousands of migrants from the Middle East and Africa across the border into Poland. The move is seen by Poland and the EU as planned with the Kremlin and intended to cause instability in Europe. Poland's right-wing government, hostile to the idea of accepting migrants, built a $400,000 wall that substantially reduced the inflow.

After Russia's Feb. 24, 2022, invasion of Ukraine, Poland condemned the attack and has been supporting Kyiv with military equipment, political backing, and humanitarian aid, including hosting more than 1.2 million refugees. Belarus is on Russia's side in the conflict, and Poland is participating in international economic sanctions on both countries.

Here;  https://www.britannica.com/news/59081/aad1f9d81ce9eaed2fed0d6128fa528d

Maybe Democrats should read that line about how a $400,000 wall substantially reduced the inflow!