Production is the kicker with just about anything
There was quite a bit of money spent at the end - dunno what it all went on.
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Production is the kicker with just about anything
There was quite a bit of money spent at the end - dunno what it all went on.
If you think that number is surprising look at what has been spent on Ajax, warrior upgrade, the canclled Nimrod project, or even the current Morpheus Project... A joke and so far a complete failure of a procurement programme, absolutely criminal...
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According to your chart American overseas presence has never been smaller since the end of ww2 and it's rapidly declining, America's world police force declines as globalisation and trade dies off with less need to protect commerce around the world
At this stage no one else has stepped up so it will continue to be a decline albeit slow one. No one else is standing up to patrol the oceans, not even China. The number of people around the world dying from conflicts each was in decline since ww2 and now it's picking up again for the last few years, will only get worse as the US pulls back further
At this stage no one else has stepped up so it will continue to be a decline albeit slow one. No one else is standing up to patrol the oceans, not even China. The number of people around the world dying from conflicts each was in decline since ww2 and now it's picking up again for the last few years, will only get worse as the US pulls back further
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This, is arguable the biggest single potential escalation since the day Russia invaded Ukraine last year. A terrible idea that could potentially cause serious escalation.
If the new Moldovan government want to try and take Transnistria then do it after the Ukraine/Russia war has ended for gods sake >.>
Well lets flip it around for you.
Remember 85 odd years ago when Russia was being conquored by Germany and the west gave then the arms/supplies they needed to avoid defeat. Would you have considered it okay if say Spain and Japan had started supplying Germany so they could take Moscow/Leningrad?
There's nothing wrong with aiding the bullied in defending themselves from bullies, there is something wrong with helping the bullies.
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It's worth noting at this point that while Russia has ~6000 nuclear warheads, they are a tad more difficult to maintain than tanks are, and, well.
At this point I'm inclined to think the only danger Russian missiles pose to the UK is if they're targeted at Pretoria city...
Russia hit by 'extraordinarily significant' losses in east, Volodymyr Zelenskyy says
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy gives an update on the areas experiencing the heaviest fighting, while Russia warns France that Moscow remembers the fate of Napoleon Bonaparte as it accuses the French president of duplicitous diplomacy.
www.abc.net.au
The change around with republicans has been interesting. They went from completely against helping Ukraine to: ok now we support Ukraine and now they've reached stage 3 which is: Biden isn't doing nearly enough to help Ukraine, let's send them as many F16s and missiles as they need to completely wipe out the Russian army. Mind you there are still those in the Republican Party who are against aid and frequently repeat Russian propaganda but it seems more and more of the party is changing their mind
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Guys if you are going to report someone and want posts looking at, please stop engaging with the user and just report / ignore them.
It now means it’ll take longer to review and clean the thread.
Edit: I’m also disappointed at the few digs about moderation about a posts made deep into the night. Please remember the mods are volunteers who have families, jobs etc and are not around 24/7 to respond within seconds.
It now means it’ll take longer to review and clean the thread.
Edit: I’m also disappointed at the few digs about moderation about a posts made deep into the night. Please remember the mods are volunteers who have families, jobs etc and are not around 24/7 to respond within seconds.
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I reported him for these posts several days ago and nothing was done. And he has been left to continue in the thread and derail it. If reporting posts don't get anything done then you can see why people keep referencing it in the thread.
Isn't this Moldova's settled position anyway? They've never accepted the Russian troops on their land.
Anyway #ArmMoldovaNow.
Not to derail the thread, but the lend-lease stuff for Russia did not start arriving until after the Russians had stopped the Germans at Moscow.
The Russians were helped by lend-lease and it certainly helped them turn the tide sooner, but it was not some major game changer that they would have been defeated without it.
No, the mod team were taking a review of the account, we can’t just ban people for a first post. Especially when people engaged with it for hours.
We get multiple thread, post and user reports a day that need to be looked at and actioned. Sometimes this can take a day or two as we await feedback from multiple members of the team, to keep any action (especially involving bans) without bias of a single mod.
Again, if you want to discuss moderation, please use forum content discussion. There will be no further discussion here to prevent going off topic further.
Because they have stakes in the defence contractors, but greed is good in this case. I guess everybody wins.
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As do many Democrat's, in fact many Americans in their 401(k) funds. That is capitalism, suck it up.
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I’m reminded of that scene from Independence Day where the President asks where all the money for the secret base came from and the old Jewish guy says “You don’t think they (the military) really spend $20,000 on a hammer or $30,000 on a toilet seat?”
Factually false. Here's an article from March 2022:
Trump and Trumpists are another matter
) A Russian MiG-31 took off in Belarus.- Status