Why are we only sanctioning and targeted at that rather than a full blown blockade? North Korea style
There will always be a friendly nation willing to sell to them. That means an embargo has to be enforced with actual force. Are we willing to sink or capture a Russian oil tanker for example?Indeed.
The first thing that should be done is an oil/gas embargo.
Why are we only sanctioning and targeted at that rather than a full blown blockade? North Korea style
Far from a walkover for Russia I've seen several videos of russian tanks destroyed and dead bodies on the streets. A small resistance force can be very effective.
Stop with the hysteria. Hitler nearly conquered Europe you can thank Russia for that. Putin is saint compared to that or even what the us has done since ww2.Ignoring the temporal problems of such an act, would you have ridden the world of Hitler before he rose to a position to threaten Europe?
I mean much the same rhetoric has been flowing out of Putin not long after becoming president and continues to evolve into ever more bellicose language.
That is just wishful thinking. If it was going to have any effect then today would not have happened.
Do you think after further, even more punishing sanctions Putin is going to suddenly do a U-turn and give Ukraine back to it's people so that they can install a democracy and join NATO? I don't think so.
I keep expecting him to role out his package of sanctions that he claimed was all ready to go should things escalate? The west has seen this coming for weeks but still there is no unified response surely they know what sanctions they are going to apply and all NATO countries could have announced an applied them as soon as Russia crossed the boarder. I do not expect a military response but it would be nice to see our leaders do something other than gas.
I imagine it has something to do with Europe's massive reliance on Russian oil, gas and coal.
I can't get on Flightradar but I heard Switzerland allowed some B52's in their airspace, considering in WW2 they shot anything that entered their airspace in order to remain neutrality this speaks volumes on their stance toward Russia
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Quite a strong presence in the skies today, all military aircrafts here, more than usual.
Mainly reconnaissance aircrafts, two B52 bombers just took off from the UK aswell.
There will always be a friendly nation willing to sell to them. That means an embargo has to be enforced with actual force. Are we willing to sink or capture a Russian oil tanker for example?
This is more important to Putin.
A quote from Wiki:
The B52's that took off from the UK earlier?
That can't continue now anyway. If it does, this will continue coming.
I bet that would royally **** off the Russian elite who undoubtedly have some influence over Putin.
I can't get on Flightradar but I heard Switzerland allowed some B52's in their airspace, considering in WW2 they shot anything that entered their airspace in order to remain neutrality this speaks volumes on their stance toward Russia
I don't think so, their track doesn't show Swiss airspace, heard it in one of the Spaces I'm listening in on
Russia has invaded and we still haven't rolled out the ready made planned sanctions thats my point, Boris is on TV hand wringing and promising to do something he has had weeks to plan for this moment the maximum sanctions should have been applied the minute they crossed the boarder and now we have reports Sunak is talking about sanctions.... the leadership in the west is looking incredibly weak right now, nobody expects a military response but some sort of co-ordinated response is in order and is totally missing.The problem is if they did role out all the sanctions and Russia still invaded then the West would have nothing other than words to fling at them, they've done this on purpose.
Stop with the hysteria. Hitler nearly conquered Europe you can thank Russia for that. Putin is saint compared to that or even what the us has done since ww2.
Russia has invaded and we still haven't rolled out the ready made planned sanctions thats my point, Boris is on TV hand wringing and promising to do something he has had weeks to plan for this moment the maximum sanctions should have been applied the minute they crossed the boarder and now we have reports Sunak is talking about sanctions.... the leadership in the west is looking incredibly weak right now, nobody expects a military response but some sort of co-ordinated response is in order and is totally missing.