There's definitely a bit of subtext here folks are missing. The relationship with Russia is not as rosy as it may appear, and Lukashenko has been fending off attempts at annexation for a while now. It's no doubt he's also under increasing pressure to send his own military into Ukraine.
This is how it should be. Everyone should know how to handle guns and everyone who isn't fucking nuts or chipping out like the children of Rich White liberals should have one just in case.
There's definitely a bit of subtext here folks are missing. The relationship with Russia is not as rosy as it may appear, and Lukashenko has been fending off attempts at annexation for a while now. It's no doubt he's also under increasing pressure to send his own military into Ukraine.
This looks like he expects it to get worse.
Belarus is literally translated = white Russia. It is a large country and was flattened in WWII as a part of territorial Russia.
Ask Napoleon or Hitler how well their eastern adventures fared in the long run.
Here is a slightly different take from https://eng.belta.by/president/view/lukashenko-explains-why-belarus-needs-peoples-militia-156763-2023/
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This is how it should be. Everyone should know how to handle guns and everyone who isn't fucking nuts or chipping out like the children of Rich White liberals should have one just in case.