So they're now threatening Finland and Sweden directly with military action if they help Ukraine and join NATO.
People are naive if they think this ends with Ukraine.
So they're now threatening Finland and Sweden directly with military action if they help Ukraine and join NATO.
People are naive if they think this ends with Ukraine.
Whilst I agree in principle, I'd say a couple of things:
1. Paid for how exactly? and
2. The west as a whole has fallen SO far behind Russia in terms of conventional (i.e. non-nuclear) forces, it is beyond a joke. It would take vastly more than simply topping up our forces a bit - it would take years and years of huge spending increases to get anywhere close, in so doing, crippling our economies. I mean, just look at this. The UK (with 227) doesn't even get on the list. France and Germany are not much better and not on the list either.
How on earth do we threaten Russia when we have 227 tanks?
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Your point was that Ukraine have a democratically elected leader and Iraq didn’t? Right? And therefore it was ok for regime change using war in Iraq, but not ok for regime change using war in Ukraine? That’s what you’re saying?
and because I asked you if it was ok for regime change against a monarch, I’ve lost an argument? An argument about what exactly?
You’re making the assumption he’s not going to take the government out, have an election and make them sign something that says they can’t join NATO, he’ll probably annex the east too.The ironic thing is that the excuse (at least one of them) for this invasion is the eastward expansion of NATO. Yet by invading Ukraine, NATO will now be plumb on Putin's western border. Russian and NATO troops will be eyeballing each other on either side of the Polish, Hungarian and Romanian borders.
I’m not sure I’ve ever seen someone more wrong and quite so belligerently and against so many people before.
Would love to see him try and explain why Ukraine and Russia are in the wrong to this bloke:
it would take years and years of huge spending increases to get anywhere close, in so doing, crippling our economies
The UK, USA and Canada leading the way with real sanctions (demanding the removal of Russia's access to SWIFT) but the EU are holding it back. Such a cowardly and bureaucratic organisation. We've allowed Russia to get its tentacles firmly gripped on Europe and a sovereign nation will disappear as a result.
Any opportunity to have a dig at Israel.Neither have Israel.
He's just pissed off that ex-Soviet territories want to join NATO and in the case of Ukraine, with its large Russian-sympathetic population. He sees this as a direct threat to his own power over the Russians in Russia.Russia/The USSR has shared borders with NATO states since the creation of NATO in 1949.
It really is bizarre to me that Putin thinks this line about NATO bordering Russia being an attack on Russia is going to convince anyone abroad or at home.
Russians know they shared a border with Germany for 50 years.
I hope every invading Russian is killed, every one of them is a **** so fuck them.Should tell them to fuck right off and kill every last Russian **** on their soil.
But then again I'm not a politician.
I know you talk nonsense ;-)You know this is nonsense.
If the the government ramped up domestic production of weaponry and funded it by MMT how on earth would it cripple our economy?
Whilst I agree in principle, I'd say a couple of things:
1. Paid for how exactly? and
2. The west as a whole has fallen SO far behind Russia in terms of conventional (i.e. non-nuclear) forces, it is beyond a joke. It would take vastly more than simply topping up our forces a bit - it would take years and years of huge spending increases to get anywhere close, in so doing, crippling our economies. I mean, just look at this. The UK (with 227) doesn't even get on the list. France and Germany are not much better and not on the list either.
How on earth do we threaten Russia when we have 227 tanks?
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That clown is just a troll. Just ignore him mate. He's getting off on it now.You have got it seriously bad.
Id like to debate this subject with you but it’s utterly pointless.
Absolutely agree. There was no need whatsoever for that and I hope it is shown around the world on loop to highlight what Russia is aboutUntil he got out at least, imagine how horrifying it was for him watching it.
What kind of sick idiot does that "for a laugh" ? as that is all it could have been.
I hope every invading Russian is killed, every one of them is a **** so fuck them.
I know what you mean but if one of the cunts was staring me down outside my front door and I had a gun in my hand I'd happily blast the twats head off with a clear conscience.Sadly the vast majority will be shit scared kids, barely trained and lied to like the rest of Russian society and their families will be seeing them brought home in body bags and for what?
Putin is one evil ****!
I didnt mention tanks as we don't need thousands of tanks, air superiority conquers land power everytime. One ground attack aircraft can take out many many more tanks especially obsolete ones.Whilst I agree in principle, I'd say a couple of things:
1. Paid for how exactly? and
2. The west as a whole has fallen SO far behind Russia in terms of conventional (i.e. non-nuclear) forces, it is beyond a joke. It would take vastly more than simply topping up our forces a bit - it would take years and years of huge spending increases to get anywhere close, in so doing, crippling our economies. I mean, just look at this. The UK (with 227) doesn't even get on the list. France and Germany are not much better and not on the list either.
How on earth do we threaten Russia when we have 227 tanks?
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I realise they'll be very young but you know what, fuck 'emSadly the vast majority will be shit scared kids, barely trained and lied to like the rest of Russian society and their families will be seeing them brought home in body bags and for what?
Putin is one evil ****!
These lists mean absolutely nothing.
The west hasn’t fallen behind Russia in military spending at all.
The United States spends $770 Billion per year on the military to Russia’s $60.
They outspend them 10-to-1 for decades.
BBC 5Live had a general on yesterday who said NATOs military is 10 to 15 times stronger than Russias and not just in size but it’s far more advanced technically.
Sadly the vast majority will be shit scared kids, barely trained and lied to like the rest of Russian society and their families will be seeing them brought home in body bags and for what?
Putin is one evil ****!