i see your little ninja edit
i see your little ninja edit
The jets were traded to the US and are sat in a US airbase at the moment. NATO seems to be very good at keeping everything to the letter of the law so it would have to be Russia escalating it by incorrectly interpreting the involvement in the war. Russia are not even claiming it’s a war anyway so technically how can we be involved in a war that doesn’t exist.but it’s not reaaaaally though is it. Do we honestly expect no retaliation for this?
You seem to be suggesting Putin was forced to invade, as if he was left with no choice. When the reality is, this has been planned for potentially years. There’s no justifiable reason for Russia to have invaded Ukraine and the resulting deviation and loss of life (oh what sorry, it’s a peace keeping mission isn’t it?).
Apart from a lot of huffing and puffing, what's he going to do?
I agree with you, Putin is in the wrong 100%. You're also right, this was years in the making. I also agree that he is self-righteous and vain, he is Putin, we always knew this. We shouldn't have let it get to this, there were plenty of warning signs.You seem to be suggesting Putin was forced to invade, as if he was left with no choice. When the reality is, this has been planned for potentially years. There’s no justifiable reason for Russia to have invaded Ukraine and the resulting deviation and loss of life (oh what sorry, it’s a peace keeping mission isn’t it?).
The jets were traded to the US and are sat in a US airbase at the moment. NATO seems to be very good at keeping everything to the letter of the law so it would have to be Russia escalating it by incorrectly interpreting the involvement in the war. Russia are not even claiming it’s a war anyway so technically how can we be involved in a war that doesn’t exist.
Disappointed that the riot shield from earlier isn’t reflected in that list. If the true numbers are anywhere near those listed then that is absurd in such a short space of time given the circumstances.An estimate from this morning.
How did zelensky and the people change your mind?
Don't really disagree with most of your post. I think the West, much like myself, didn't think Putin need anything more in his life. All the money, status and power he required and was probably overlooked and felt aggrieved by the loss of the USSR.
Only thing I would say is that we're past the point of discussion. We can deal out the recriminations afterwards. Right now we have to help Ukraine survive.
The fact that they have resisted, and resisted very heavily. The way Putin moved his forces in large columns was like a throwback to WW2 when the allies moved their armies in columns, liberating the towns and cities, I honestly think Putin expected something similar to this. He got it badly wrong.
You're focusing on the wrong thingsYour posts are just full of unsubstantiated bluster under some strange guise of being a higher level thinker before trying to finish off in a defensive position about how downtrodden and bullied you are by the rest of the forum. It’s very strange.
NATO is much more confident about shutting him down. He will have to withdraw from Ukraine eventually. I think a lot of the concern is also partly driven by our media. For example the whole doing a nuke test in the North Sea was a load of bull as there is no international airspace or water there so it would be a declaration of war to do it. Plus Russia has demonstrated it has a very poor military capability. Would Russia really want to gamble launching its nukes and finding lots of them fail and the rest get shot down. NATO know a lot about Russia. It must have shocked them a bit when all the plans to attack were being announced beforehand.I wish I was as calm as you about it…..
I think putin is capable of anything. He doesn’t care about nato ‘technically’ following the law. Hence why this makes me cack myself.
I agree with you, Putin is in the wrong 100%. You're also right, this was years in the making. I also agree that he is self-righteous and vain, he is Putin, we always knew this. We shouldn't have let it get to this, there were plenty of warning signs.
Why did we let it get to this? Why didn't we have negotiations earlier? Why did we leave him with only one option (as far as he was concerned)
The jets will be rebranded as US jets before they are sent to Ukraine. Will be a nice addition the armoury there.Nice if USA to take old MIGs off Poland.
I wonder what America will do with those.
9000 approved permits not being used by oil companies in the US. Exxon records highest profits in 7 years in 2021. Maybe ask them why they aren't opening up those approved oil and gas fields and raising production. Biden doesn't control how much oil and gas they bring out of the ground. It suits them to have high prices.
I'd remind you of afganistan, syria, gaza, etc.
https://www.theguardian.com/global-...east-22000-civilians-since-911-analysis-finds
We, the west, are not in a position to judge.
Putin doesn't want Ukraine to be a part of Nato, doesn't want things on his borders that could be a threat. He's been complaining about it for years and years and been ignored so he's trying to do something about it.
Is it bad? Hell yes
Do we all wish it could be avoided? Of course
Is UKR a shining beacon of virtue? Absolutely not. They've committed their own crimes against their citizens and stolen money.
Should anyone be arming UKR and encouraging conflict? Nope.
Would a partially neutral UKR be a good compromise to end all this? Quite possibly.
International diplomacy is a tricky beast, it takes considered negotiation not war mongering, there was nearly a decade to discuss this before it got to this but that opportunity was not taken for whatever reason.
Now we get a barrage of misinformation in our media to funnel the overall sentiment towards the situation.
What I find absurd is that everything out of Russia is lies and propaganda and everything on our media is the truth and honest. It works both ways.
People like to be told what to think it seems. Feels safer, means people don't have to think for themselves.
I’m sure they will manage to lose them somehow in a few days, “oops we left them unlocked and someone stole them all”Nice if USA to take old MIGs off Poland.
I wonder what America will do with those.