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My reading of it was that Hitler was very hungry for oil. The expectations were that the Italians in North Africa would have cleared a way to the Suez canal and the Persian oilfields. Neither the Italians nor the Gernans nor the British realised that Libya where they were actually fighting...

And had Russia not attacked, it is very possible that Poland might have some succeeded

I suspect there was a right barney at the breakfast table yesterday. Billionaires Daughters don't like being dressed down in public for no good reason.

Well said, but include the obvious .. the biggest weapon in the Ukrainian information war is their credibility. The Russians have lost theirs in the wider world. The audience that the Russians would want to get or keep onside is India and China. The audience that the Ukrainians absolutely...

I did not infer I stated clearly that your assertion of fake news from the Ukrainian side was false. I equate it to the same level of crassness as Trump's one of " there are good people on both sides".

I did not get the wrong end of the stick... You stated at the end that "much of what they are being accused of is either fake or highly exaggerated." . that is what I called you out on.. The Russians are downright lying again and again, and they basically don't care whether they are...

You were doing fine until the last sentence. There is no movie set designer around capable of recreating the images of Mariupol etc. If these were movie sets etc, it is not beyond the wit of the Russians to fly a spy plane over and show the actual damage. .. Even the ISS overflies the region...

Some of us have been rather aghast at US adventurism.

The West has not confiscated anything of these Russian Oligarchs . They have frozen assets .. Similarly the Russians have either confiscated or frozen ...we don't know yet, Billions of Euros worth of Irish owned Aircraft on lease to Aeroflot..and re-registered them as Russian.

Since only half of those who lived then, regret it's passing, and they are the old, then half the older people are delighted its gone and all those under about 45 who never experienced it ,are delighted those days are over , you are therefore referring to a small minority. A number of those...

NOPE, you must realise that that is nonsense. . Sovereign states are enabled to make treaties and agreements with other Sovereign states . That is what the EU, NATO, Geneva conventions , ICC, , IMO, etc Etc is all about .. State to State . The general rule of sovereignty is NO TRESSPASS...

Get real flecc. Nobody has any right to be beyond their own countries boundary. That's what being a citizen is supposed to mean . Look at your passport for the fine print .. Its a REQUEST to allow the bearer to travel in this other land. Now the EU , Russia ,China etc etc are perfectly free to...

When not supporting the War means a 15 year prison term.. of course the men are " supportive," and especially so in any polls and vox pops .. the Russians are not fools. Yes the mothers have different priorities.Remember the effect of the Mother's of the Disappeared in South America?. Now the...

Nothing in your post do I disagree with...

What makes you think those troops are going home?. I don't think Putin could afford those guys bad mouthing him to their parents. What I see happening is that those Ukrainians who have been trained on the latest anti missile systems in Poland and counter battery fire missiles will start using...

Oysters answer is very comprehensive. Ireland is a major producer of pharmaceuticals. There are the producers of the active ingredient which are acquired from labs all over the world ,and then the fillers or diluents,and the packaging. . Although the packaging might seem to be the low...

My prescriptions are typically 6 months. The medical practitioner decides the duration not a committee of civil servants

On March 27 th. , I made a grim and macabre prediction estimate that the numbers of civilian casualties at that stage would be more like 50K . Than the numbers being bandied about. . The evidence is mounting that this might be an accurate tally. The Ukrainians don't yet know about numbers...

Unless there is incorrect footage.. the BBC had shown two helicopters , the second of which released a spray of missiles, and moments later the oil tanks were on fire.

Oyster, NI no longer has a Government, so it cannot make any decisions.