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Lumifer comments on February 2015 Media Thread - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Lumifer 02 February 2015 07:02:29PM 2 points [-]

Whether US and Europe are more likely to go to war with Russia over Finland or over the Baltics is an interesting question, but there doesn't appear to be any way of deciding it :-)

Comment author: James_Miller 02 February 2015 07:12:38PM 1 point [-]

NATO is a point in favor of the U.S. being more likely to fight over the Baltics than Finland. Are there any factors going the other way?

Comment author: Lumifer 02 February 2015 07:15:19PM *  3 points [-]

Yes. The Baltics belonged to Russia much more recently than Finland and have a much larger Russian minority population.

Comment author: James_Miller 02 February 2015 07:18:28PM 2 points [-]

Good point.