It's boring, in so far far as it's the same old protagonists with their boring placards turning up in every thread when their are much more important things to read, report and discuss.I don’t really think it’s for this thread either, although I thought people would have put 2 and 2 together with what I said about the Standard, didn’t think it would create a discussion.
I’d argue it is pertinent though to argue the value add of rhetoric vs our inability (or inactivity) to sanction, particularly given the amount of Russian wealth here. It’s getting embarrassing given that’s the main tool the west has currently got and is using against Putin.
Of course I'd want them delivered, but only if they were fully reliable and operational.Careful.
They'll be checked, the bloody moulded boxes replaced and even if 700 of these 2,700 were sorted out - would you prefer 2,000 old russian-type anti-aircraft missiles should not be delivered?
I wouldn't want to sit in a Russian helicopter facing those.
If they are useless we won't deliver. As if Germany wouldn't use every single chance to kick Putin in his bollocks as hard as we can.
On his deathbed, tell him Ukraine has capitulated and seeking peace talks. Putin snuffs it satisfied that he has claimed victory over his foe, then his Generals grovel to the West.Him knowing he is going to die soon could be bad news for the rest of the world
That’s what the ignore function is there for, tbf.It's boring, in so far far as it's the same old protagonists with their boring placards turning up in every thread when their are much more important things to read, report and discuss.
He's locked himself in a bunker. Surely some fucker could just seal it from the outside, cut all the wires, and try and be normal to the rest of the world?On his deathbed, tell him Ukraine has capitulated and seeking peace talks. Putin snuffs it satisfied that he has claimed victory over his foe, then his Generals grovel to the West.
Then you miss the posts that you want to read, I thought you tried to you kept people on topic Ric.That’s what the ignore function is there for, tbf.
Lock him in his bunker and keep sending him false reports of progress. Its not like he's going to tweet on the subject to find out what's really going on.He's locked himself in a bunker. Surely some fucker could just seal it from the outside, cut all the wires, and try and be normal to the rest of the world?
Obviously not quite that simple, but I do feel there's a chance of a possibility for hope that something like that may happen.
Yes their involvement has been purely self serving and unhelpful. It doesn’t mean they aren’t potentially a key player. They are deliberately choosing not to exercise their influence and that’s shameful.I think the main thing China did, allegedly, was asking putin to delay the invasion, oops sorry special project, until after the Winter Olympics
It's a shame Blackadder never did anything on the Soviet Union, otherwise I think we'd all be perfectly trained to pull this off.Lock him in his bunker and keep sending him false reports of progress. Its not like he's going to tweet on the subject to find out what's really going on.
"Yes Putin, you won! The world now cowers at the might of Mother Russia! Now go sleepy byes..."
The issues you raise cannot be separated. The web of lies and deceit is overlapping and interwoven into the reasons why the Uk might be dragging their feet around sanctions.Totally agree but I’m of the opinion we have a myriad of threads in which to discuss them rather than this one.
Brexit, party donations, political influence are worthy topics in the political forum but this thread should be free of the usual circular arguments.