It's so sad. We thought we'd left these kind of events behind 80 years ago.
Didn’t Russia invade Georgia about 10 years ago?
Think about this ... Germany had the most advanced army in the world in 1939 .. Russians will fight to the death to protect their country .
It's a war best left alone
They wont just roll over, it's why the west always give them a wide birth and not countries like Iraq
You only have to look at Vietnam to understand technology doesn't win every war
I was listening to a fascinating talk on Nazi Germany’s war economy just yesterday. It’s an hour long, but well worth it. Long story short, it argues that Germany wasn’t anywhere near as advanced economically as its opponents.
Chartbook Audio: The synthesis of materialism and myth - a Wages of Destruction seance
Back in 2015 at NYMAS - the fabulous New York Military Affair Symposium - I was invited to give a retrospective talk on Wages of Destruction.adamtooze.substack.com
Suspect China will now feel emboldened to steam into Taiwan.
Didn’t Russia invade Georgia about 10 years ago?
Ps thank god Germany sent an he Ukrainians 5000 helmets ! Let’s hope they’ve got some more balls when it comes to sanctions
It’s us who need the balls when it comes to sanctions. Let’s see what happens. The government is very close to Russians who are considered security risks by British intelligence. Especially the PM who himself is considered a security risk by British intelligence because of his historical and current association with those oligarchs. That’s before you even go into how London is Russias laundry.This is far more of an issue/concern than Xi taking Russians side in a conflict he ultimately has no interest in. Our/the Wests reaction to this will probably determine Taiwans future
Ps thank god Germany sent an he Ukrainians 5000 helmets ! Let’s hope they’ve got some more balls when it comes to sanctions
It’s also worth noting that the people of Germany are opposed to any military involvement preferring sanctions.The helmets thing is a bit of a Daily Mail-esq headline.
I agree they have been weak but Post war Germany was discouraged from developing any military power. It's a bit rich for the countries that imposed that to now complain they are not showing military muscle.
Germany is also Ukraine's biggest donor.
Russia is invading a sovereign country but kids eating healthier is everything that’s wrong with the world.The pressing issues of our time
It’s also worth noting that the people of Germany are opposed to any military involvement preferring sanctions.
Make sure he only takes them to the next safe country and not where he has built a life for them already.I fear this is only going one way now. Putin´s comments are extremely alarming. Thoughts with them all. I really hope this doesn´t escalate any more, but it seems like one man has lost the plot and is thirsty for trouble.
My football manager is from Ukraine and he has gone back to get his family out.
Russia is invading a sovereign country but kids eating healthier is everything that’s wrong with the world.
Alot of Russians living in Europe too , be mindful of that
What does that have to do with anything unless you are heading down the frankly fucked up WW2 view of seeing all people from one country as the enemy
No it's an interesting point , how would the thousands of Russians living in Europe react to armies of the countries they live in fighting their own country
they'd do what most people would do and follow it on the news
There's also a lot of westerners who live in Russia
A war won't happen anyway david .. nato will back off as always so it's all hypothetical
Russia are more likely to back off. The Ukraine aren't asking for western/nato military intervention
The west will fuck the Russian economy
I take it the West will be deporting every billionaire and oligarch on their soil then.
Josep Borrel was talking about seizing all their assests
Let’s see if it happens and if the Tories return all those donations.
The helmets thing is a bit of a Daily Mail-esq headline.
I agree they have been weak but Post war Germany was discouraged from developing any military power. It's a bit rich for the countries that imposed that to now complain they are not showing military muscle.
Germany is also Ukraine's biggest donor.
The Ukraine government are only asking for Military aid, sanctions and economic aid to rebuild post any conflict. They are not asking for any combat action from the West.
Yeah, they can’t really ask for help from us militarily otherwise it would potentially turn into a nuclear conflict
It was a bit tongue in cheek. They did however refuse to provide any military equipment to help Ukraine defend themselves potentially due to historical issues but also probably due to gas reliance (there was an interesting article in the times about Germany/Russian relationship in particular the gas supplies)
I agree with the other comments on here about us being strong with sanctions. I expect us to be freezing Russian assets especially if there’s any line of sight to the Kremlin.
What if a full invasion happens? Would we still not intervene on the basis of a nuclear threat?
All is well and good saying ‘but he won’t’, yet if he does he’s in a position to invade from 3 directions.
I don’t think we can intervene militarily
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