spongebob toonpants 4330 Posted Tuesday at 19:00 Share Posted Tuesday at 19:00 25 minutes ago, Kevin Carr's Gloves said: Russia is not a military threat. This war was supposed to be won in 6 months and we’re 3 years in. Russia has a population more than three times that of Ukraine and they still rely on reinforcements from South Korea. It's a military threat because its a nuclear power 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renton 23522 Posted Tuesday at 19:06 Share Posted Tuesday at 19:06 3 hours ago, spongebob toonpants said: Tax the fucking rich Starmer needs to introduce a champagne enema tax post haste. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renton 23522 Posted Tuesday at 19:12 Share Posted Tuesday at 19:12 7 minutes ago, spongebob toonpants said: It's a military threat because its a nuclear power Not sure what you can do about that other than have a deterrent, which we have. As far as conventional forces go, hard to disagree with KCG given the abysmal performance on the attack on Ukraine. Also Russia is poorer than every large Western European nation. We should be able to easily step up tbh. Stop buying US weapons and get back to making our own. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spongebob toonpants 4330 Posted Tuesday at 19:33 Share Posted Tuesday at 19:33 16 minutes ago, Renton said: As far as conventional forces go, hard to disagree with KCG given the abysmal performance on the attack on Ukraine. Also Russia is poorer than every large Western European nation Russia wouldn't have struggled anywhere near as much if Ukraine hadn't had US support, which is what we are facing now. They also have the military "advantage" of not giving a fuck how many of their troops die Economically they are still selling all their oil to India/China, and again don't gave to worry about their electorate Hopefully Europe can unite. Frightening times though 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isegrim 10295 Posted Tuesday at 19:42 Share Posted Tuesday at 19:42 1 hour ago, Kevin Carr's Gloves said: Russia is not a military threat. This war was supposed to be won in 6 months and we’re 3 years in. Russia has a population more than three times that of Ukraine and they still rely on reinforcements from South Korea. Probably, but would it stop them invading a neighbouring country like Poland, Finland or one of the Baltic states if they think they can gain something? Even without the nuclear threat Russia is still able to start damaging wars. Simply relying on them being weaker than previously thought isn’t a sensible preparation. “Planning“ 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renton 23522 Posted Tuesday at 19:49 Share Posted Tuesday at 19:49 13 minutes ago, spongebob toonpants said: Russia wouldn't have struggled anywhere near as much if Ukraine hadn't had US support, which is what we are facing now. They also have the military "advantage" of not giving a fuck how many of their troops die Economically they are still selling all their oil to India/China, and again don't gave to worry about their electorate Hopefully Europe can unite. Frightening times though Yeah, that's fair enough. Although I wonder how far even Putin can push his citizens. A million dead or injured already, brain drain, getting pennies for his oil as India and China have huge leverage. I don't think he will try it on with a NATO country even without the US. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spongebob toonpants 4330 Posted Tuesday at 20:12 Share Posted Tuesday at 20:12 19 minutes ago, Renton said: Yeah, that's fair enough. Although I wonder how far even Putin can push his citizens. A million dead or injured already, brain drain, getting pennies for his oil as India and China have huge leverage. I don't think he will try it on with a NATO country even without the US. Next few months and how Europe deals with the threat of Trump absolutely vital. Need to minimise any reliance on the US 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spongebob toonpants 4330 Posted 17 hours ago Share Posted 17 hours ago Good piece from Goodall https://goodallandgoodluck.substack.com/p/europes-darkest-moment-could-be-starmers?r=4i04j3&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&triedRedirect=true 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renton 23522 Posted 17 hours ago Share Posted 17 hours ago Good old Lewis. He's right, I sincerely hope Starmer steps up and seizes this opportunity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayvin 5900 Posted 15 hours ago Share Posted 15 hours ago Agreed, big moment. At least we don't have the Tories in power for it. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 23420 Posted 14 hours ago Share Posted 14 hours ago 22 hours ago, Gemmill said: Given the circumstances, it seems like a good idea. good day for uk defence stocks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 23420 Posted 14 hours ago Share Posted 14 hours ago buy british bullets! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renton 23522 Posted 14 hours ago Share Posted 14 hours ago Telling my kids to get their CVs down to Vickers as we speak. Great British Bombs are the future. Plus their little hands are ideal to get right into that casing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 23420 Posted 13 hours ago Share Posted 13 hours ago Get some bomb factories open in the red wall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toonpack 11236 Posted 12 hours ago Share Posted 12 hours ago Quality political content in the Mail 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazzler 11561 Posted 10 hours ago Share Posted 10 hours ago 1 hour ago, Toonpack said: Quality political content in the Mail Cromwell is surely seen as a traitor to rags like the daily mail. They wank themselves daft over the royal family. Also are they suggesting that labour have suppressed technology. I’d be interested to know how they have photos of Cromwell who was in power 200+ years before the invention of photography. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toonpack 11236 Posted 10 hours ago Share Posted 10 hours ago 1 minute ago, Dazzler said: Cromwell is surely seen as a traitor to rags like the daily mail. They wank themselves daft over the royal family. Also are they suggesting that labour have suppressed technology. I’d be interested to know how they have photos of Cromwell who was in power 200+ years before the invention of photography. Cromwell's army did have the odd cannon mind. He also killed loads of Ewerks so that's probably why the Mail like him. (Gladstone was a Liberal member when he was PM too fwiw) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 23420 Posted 8 hours ago Share Posted 8 hours ago How can Zelenskyy sign this deal with Trump without a security guarantee? Putin must be rubbing his hands Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 49490 Posted 8 hours ago Share Posted 8 hours ago Be amazing if Zelensky takes the pen and just jams it into Trump's jugular. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toonpack 11236 Posted 8 hours ago Share Posted 8 hours ago 17 minutes ago, Dr Gloom said: How can Zelenskyy sign this deal with Trump without a security guarantee? Putin must be rubbing his hands There is a guarantee isn't there 🤷♂️One US commentator said a protection racket doesn't work without actual protection. Although the previous guarantees meant fuck all when it came down to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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