Ukraine Invasion - Please do not post videos showing attacks/similar

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Zeeflyboy said:
Would be interesting if western strikes directly on Belarusian equipment inside of Ukraine would be considered escalation or not…
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Won't happen, what fantasy land are you in where you think we'll be sending planes into Ukraine? We're not ******* around with striking people on technicalities, the risks are too great
 
Boris Johnson saying he will make it easier for Ukrainian people in the UK to bring over relatives. This is excellent news and definitely the help others in Europe should also be doing. Getting civiliians out of the warzone should be a priority.
 
Washout said:
There are threads, asking where his are and if his contributions are as numerous as in this one? If not he’s being hypocritical.
It being off topic was also exactly my point.

We all know there are other awful conflicts going on in the world. He seems to think because we’re more worried about a huge war in Europe involving Russia and potentially NATO that we’re morally bankrupt. I find that frankly offensive
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I generally don’t get involved as it’s largely pointless I read the odd bit but let others argue and debate things way out of their control.
Not sure why I participated in this thread but I did.
I’m not getting personal with anyone i use the term morally bankrupt to us as a country and the media who are quite obviously complicit and selective about what and how it covers stories.
Is it off topic. Yes on the surface but not if you take a broader approach. The point being what Russia is doing wrong or not, we do whenever it suits us and with pretty much total immunity.
It easy to just go along with the jingoistic attitude that is prevalent here but I choose to buck the trend. That makes me a traitor to some :D.
Never mind commence the echo chamber :).
 
Doesn’t need to be planes… no need to be so ridiculously defensive, it’s a simple hypothetical - if Belarus decides to get involved, do they enjoy the same level of “protection” from direct western action as the Russians.
 
Zeeflyboy said:
Doesn’t need to be planes… no need to be so ridiculously defensive, it’s a simple hypothetical - if Belarus decides to get involved, do they enjoy the same level of “protection” from direct western action as the Russians.
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Probably. But, in any case, good luck only shooting Belarussian tanks.
 
Zeeflyboy said:
Doesn’t need to be planes… no need to be so ridiculously defensive, it’s a simple hypothetical - if Belarus decides to get involved, do they enjoy the same level of “protection” from direct western action as the Russians.

One way to prevent them getting involved would surely be such a threat.
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A reminder that Russian and Belarus is in a union state. An attack on one is an attack on both. So yes, Belarus has the same protection.
 
Zeeflyboy said:
Doesn’t need to be planes… no need to be so ridiculously defensive, it’s a simple hypothetical - if Belarus decides to get involved, do they enjoy the same level of “protection” from direct western action as the Russians.
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I don't think it was being defensive, simply the absurb premise of the question.
 
EVH5150 said:
Surely they can't be solely reliant on GPS, have they not heard of a map and compass!.

'Mag to grid, get rid & grid to mag, add' I can still remember it from my square bashing days at Depot Lichfield :D.
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They're not reliant on GPS, wouldn't be surprised if there was a lack of maps tbh...
 
Doobedoo said:
Yemen is happening now surely that deserves the same level of attention does it not? We are involved in Yemen though not Russia so it gets no attention. Funny that.
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There have been two threads on the war in Yemen :

'Saudi Losses in Yemen War Exposed by US Tank Deal.'

'Saudi War in Yemen. Now using African children as mercenaries..'

It's also been raised many times in other threads.

It's a civil war, with three main factions, supported by many different nations, which has dragged on since 2014. It's messy, complicated, and typical of the tribal/ideological conflicts for which the Arab nations have become notorious.

The UK is not involved in the Yemen war, so it is of less significance to us. Moreover, because it is an internal Middle Eastern war, it's one that we should stay out of.
 
Anyone see that:
a) Putin previously saw himself as the only competitor to the US, Thus US vs Russia like the good old days.
b) NATO was down and out as the US really wants to just concentrate on Asia.
c) EU is now positioning itself as the fourth power possibly rivalling Putin in the third slot - in exactly the same way Putin is for russia - to be a respected super power.
d) The standoff now becomes EU-Russia and the US become free to focus on Asia.
 
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