TheAuthority Posted February 24, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted February 24, 2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheAuthority Posted February 24, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted February 24, 2022 Putin says he will send "Peace Keepers" into the Donbar region and in actuality bombs several Ukrainian cities. He isn't going to stop there - he sees Eastern Europe as up for grabs. China will watch the West's response and if it's deemed to be weak they'll go for Taiwan. Who knows what the nutter in N Korea will do but it looks like WWIII is no longer a tongue in cheek possibility. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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maqroll Posted February 24, 2022 Author Share Posted February 24, 2022 Covid, climate collapse, fascism, and now war in Europe and the threat of nuclear war. Happy days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post TheAuthority Posted February 24, 2022 VT Supporter Popular Post Share Posted February 24, 2022 11 minutes ago, maqroll said: He's a bully and like all of them, they are cowards. I just hope that the CIA, MI6 etc. all have a strategic plan in place in case he went full despot as it seems we've been worried about him for a long time. Rice, Powell and the neo-cons always knew he was a serious threat (Bush's soul comment aside.) Of course that was pre-Trump and his fawning and secret meetings with no notes, but Hilary saw him for what he was. This has been at least 8 years in the making for Putin. My feeling is that all of cyber attacks, the social media manipulation, the election meddling, the Brexit social media campaign and all of the dark money to journalists (eg Greenwald) and politicians (Rand Paul, Tulsi Gabbard and I'm sure the UK has plenty) has been the long game for Putin to assault Eastern Europe and tip the geo-political scales. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFC_Hitz Posted February 24, 2022 Share Posted February 24, 2022 I for one woke with a strange feeling in my stomach this morning. Yesterday, I saw 5 attack helicopters sweep in full Apocalypse Now formation across the mountains and over the city centre of Sofia. Obviously on some sort of exercise/training manoeuvre but it was scarily weird. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharkyvilla Posted February 24, 2022 Share Posted February 24, 2022 32 minutes ago, maqroll said: I remember thinking when there was all the debate about Trident in the last election, how can any of us be sure that Putin isn't insane? God knows what a war in Europe in the 21st century will look like. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OutByEaster? Posted February 24, 2022 Moderator Share Posted February 24, 2022 Well this is a slightly terrifying massive escalation. Cruise missiles in Kyiv isn't what anyone was hoping for this morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BleedClaretAndBlue Posted February 24, 2022 Share Posted February 24, 2022 All looking very ominous 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OutByEaster? Posted February 24, 2022 Moderator Share Posted February 24, 2022 2 hours ago, TheAuthority said: Putin says he will send "Peace Keepers" into the Donbar region and in actuality bombs several Ukrainian cities. He isn't going to stop there - he sees Eastern Europe as up for grabs. I think it's really unlikely that there would be a push into Eastern Europe - this isn't a land grab, or an effort at expansionism, it's a response to a perceived threat in Russia of Ukraine turning to the West. That's not to downplay it, Russia has decided to start a war with a sovereign nation on the edge of Europe - but I think the idea that they might push on into Poland, Latvia or Romania is a bit fanciful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OutByEaster? Posted February 24, 2022 Moderator Share Posted February 24, 2022 So I guess we'll now see a huge increase to the troop numbers we've been massing around Ukraine and a massive increase in the US military presence in central/Eastern Europe - with all the attendant risks that that brings. We just have to hope that neither side gets too twitchy on the trigger finger. I always think that the cold war, whilst it was a bitter time, was in the hands of adults that understood consequence. Even then we were at times lucky to avoid a nuclear conflict. Looking at Putin and the modern day landscape of American politics, it looks like we might be about to enter an era of nuclear brinkmanship managed by egomaniacs, nutters and religious crackpots - it's a scary time. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted February 24, 2022 Share Posted February 24, 2022 58 minutes ago, maqroll said: He isnt using nukes, he will destroy the planet. Even his own military will turn on him if he tries that as he will wipe us all out 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ciggiesnbeer Posted February 24, 2022 Share Posted February 24, 2022 2 hours ago, TheAuthority said: Putin says he will send "Peace Keepers" into the Donbar region and in actuality bombs several Ukrainian cities. He isn't going to stop there - he sees Eastern Europe as up for grabs. China will watch the West's response and if it's deemed to be weak they'll go for Taiwan. Who knows what the nutter in N Korea will do but it looks like WWIII is no longer a tongue in cheek possibility. I don't worry about China. I agree with you he will push for eastern Europe if he can. He even name checked Poland , Hungary and Romania in his insane speech. He is the new European mad dictator. If some Russian patriot doesn't stop him then Russia , and sadly ,occupied Ukraine is in for a very very dark few years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ciggiesnbeer Posted February 24, 2022 Share Posted February 24, 2022 12 minutes ago, Demitri_C said: He isnt using nukes, he will destroy the planet. Even his own military will turn on him if he tries that as he will wipe us all out I agree. Biden laughed at him the other day for mentioning them. Given Biden has been proven 100% correct so far I believe him. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
desensitized43 Posted February 24, 2022 Share Posted February 24, 2022 10 minutes ago, OutByEaster? said: So I guess we'll now see a huge increase to the troop numbers we've been massing around Ukraine and a massive increase in the US military presence in central/Eastern Europe - with all the attendant risks that that brings. We just have to hope that neither side gets too twitchy on the trigger finger. I always think that the cold war, whilst it was a bitter time, was in the hands of adults that understood consequence. Even then we were at times lucky to avoid a nuclear conflict. Looking at Putin and the modern day landscape of American politics, it looks like we might be about to enter an era of nuclear brinkmanship managed by egomaniacs, nutters and religious crackpots - it's a scary time. I think the consequence of this will be that countries that over the last few years have reduced their armed forces and let their equipment fall into a state of disrepair have now got to spend more money on their own defence. At the risk of sounding very much like a former president! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Delphinho123 Posted February 24, 2022 Share Posted February 24, 2022 We probably should have spent that 35bn we used for track and trace on our military instead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post OutByEaster? Posted February 24, 2022 Moderator Popular Post Share Posted February 24, 2022 If only we had less hospitals and schools and more bombs, this would never have happened. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magnkarl Posted February 24, 2022 Share Posted February 24, 2022 Ukraine needs as much support as it can get. We need to keep them fighting this oppressive idiotic man. Apparently Ukraine's new SAM systems have shot down 5 aircraft, probably a loss that Putin didn't expect at all. The decider here will be how dogged Ukraine's people will be. They need to be given every chance to make every meter of Russian territory gained extremely costly for Putin. When the losses start to mount for Russian families the pressure will also increase on dictator Putin. Make it Russia's Vietnam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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