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Similar words have been said throughout history. Often before a defeat.

He's a madman. Do you think it's possible he goes from states of bluffing to serious and back again. Why risk it?

It can't join NATO with territorial disputes but maybe surrendering their current claims on lost territory would be worth it for that. Do you think NATO members would risk inheriting the obligation to defend it though? And without reliable American backing? Maybe there would be need to be...

Thanks for the pedantic point. Israel cannot threaten the world because they do not have a huge nuclear arsenal, what they could do is threaten to drag in global power and create a wider conflict. See the rationale for why South Africa developed nuclear weapons and their planned used. Samson...

Why is that Zelensky seems to understand the new reality and you can't? I'm not arsed about persuading you because have deluded yourself that reality doesn't matter. You're stuck saying the same things you would have said in 2022 and 2023. It's over.

I bet Musk would prefer that. Bitcoin is useless as unit of exchange without increasing the supply. As soon as that happens the value falls to worthless in the market not just worthless in reality. He was inflating the value of crypto by statements he made online long before this year and...

They have. They lost it when Trump was elected. Too late.

That assumes Europe has the capacity or is able to increase it's capacity to supply enough weapons. Zelensky doesn't think that Europe can stand alone. Ukraine would also need to call up younger men and go on the offensive. The last sentence is alternative history stuff. Russia is a huge...

I'd rather that than nuclear holocaust.

New weapons referred to the weapons that Ukraine were granted permission to use this week. The missiles from the UK and the anti personnel mines from USA.

We can get away without having aircraft carriers without any aircraft. It's time to accept that we aren't a great power anymore.

No. Because the facts aren't the same. Israel cannot threaten the world. Russia can.

It's already too late for that. Ukraine were never given enough to win the war.

How do you see Ukraine winning the war? Do you honestly see them turning this around? The new weapons are being supplied to halt the advances of the Russian army. It's about slowing them down, not changing the course of the war.

It's not entirely up to them. Trump is pulling the plug. It's when not if.

Expectation doesn't equal reality. When you were paying tax, many services weren't as comprehensive. Councils didn't spend half their budgets on care homes for the elderly. Reality trumps expectation. Or we can force more kids into poverty instead.

Victors get to name their terms. Ukraine doesn't have to agree to the first demand, that isn't what I said. Crimea needs to be abandoned. It can haggle over how much of the East it wants to give up. Reality is that it will be difficult to persuade Russia to vacate that land without offering...

It went on paying for the previous pensioners and public services? Maybe don't use the NHS or public roads, but keep your tax. See how far you can get from your house?

Nothing wrong with that statement. Ukraine has lost the war. Russia needs to come to the table and name it's terms. Ukraine need to accept that they have lost territory and come to terms with it and demand assurances and protection from the West to prevent further losses. All of what you say...

They didn't fund their pensions. They funded their predecessors' pensions. But you know that, and you know that as the working population shrinks in comparison that there will have to be further cuts, raising of the age at when people start drawing it or a massive a restructuring of how...