Russian invasion of Ukraine

[mexico1970]

Yeah, I'm sure that would never have happened back in the day.

Although didn't 13 million of the 25 million eligible for the Vietnam draft defer it, and a million criminally evade it?

I did say Europe mate not the USA ;)

Hold my Latte.

 

[blueinsa]

It's not like I'm owed any of it, Im just saying politically it might be harder to get through than we hoped.

It’s an incredibly tough decision because it hurts our business very hard as well

I think it’s a pain we are going to have to bare though.

 

[johnnytapia]

Can you imagine trying to enforce conscription these days?

 

[tolmie's hairdoo]

Yeah, I'm sure that would never have happened back in the day.

Although didn't 13 million of the 25 million eligible for the Vietnam draft defer it, and a million criminally evade it?

*Trump likes this post.

Funnily enough, North Vietnamese elite also dodged the draft.

Guess where they went to live it up?

Yep, you guessed it... Moscow.

 

[tolmie's hairdoo]

I don’t think it’s quick but otherwise agreed, especially about sending their kids home from uni and schools. Got to get them on a personal level and that is something that can be done by the weekend.

A lot of their kids are now British citizens, been born here?

 

[AliBobbyJ]

A few months after the Russians invaded Hungary in 1956 a lad called Istvan turned up in my class at junior school, a refugee. Same first name as the famous Hungarian referee Istvan Zsolt. He spoke no English but he learned fast and became a good pal, played rugby league and went trainspotting together. His father had been a professor in Budapest, his mother a doctor, then in England dad worked on the buses for Lancashire Utd & the mother did cleaning jobs, they just wanted to give the kid a life where he'd be free and not live in fear. Sadly there will be a lot more like them fleeing out of Kiev in the next few weeks, hope they find safety and a good home.

 

[Nascent Blues]

For as long as I can remember we have had MAD theory.
It is entirely plausible a WW3 could occur without use of Nuclear Weapons. There is no guarantee either way.
The big “what if” is if either side is on the verge of a defeat. Then we could see MAD.
Whether any human in this planet is willing to risk is another matter. Any legacy, Motherland or Western Democracy becomes utterly irrelevant.

The concept of MAD fails if the individual in charge of the red button actually is mad.

 

[Deleted member 77198]

Can you imagine trying to enforce conscription these days?

Half our army would be spewing up all day because they’re too fat and unfit to do the basic training, the other half would be arguing all day with their senior officers because they can’t take orders and think they shouldn’t have to do something if they don’t want to.

 

[OB1]

Tell that to the 100k demo in Chicago who protested again the Vietnam War.

Police baton charged the lot of 'em!

The uprising would have to be massive and it would be bloody, which doesn't make it very likely; doesn't mean it's not what is really needed.

Let's see if sanctions are tough enough, maintained and do anything to turn the Russian people on their leader.

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

Half our army would be spewing up all day because they’re too fat and unfit to do the basic training, the other half would be arguing all day with their senior officers because they can’t take orders and they shouldn’t have to do something if they don’t want to.

Surely if the world owes them nothing, then that by definition suggests their country doesn’t either?