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It's the perfect time for them to do that, with Russia too bogged down to oppose them. They could even apply for NATO membership now by the same token. The danger though is that if they don't achieve those before the Ukraine war is settled, they could face a repeat of what they suffered the...

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Of the 186 F-22 Raptors delivered to the Air Force, only about 130 were ever operational. As a result, today, the Raptor is a bird facing extinction. 15 Nov 2021

He's getting worse, but trouble is he still has a huge following. .

Ignore, the root of the word ignorance. .

I am not and never have been an apologist for Putin or for the Russian actions under his rule. Indeed I am on record in this thread posting how much I dislike Putin and these actions. My giving reasons for these actions happening is not giving excuses, especially since there are no acceptable...

Not sure they can do much, it's a problem with franchises self contained within countries serving individually owned outlets. .

Libya, Iraq twice, Syria, Afghanistan. Plus all the many US proxy wars since WW2. Oyster, it's bad enough all the others who have convenient memory blanks in this thread. Don't you join them. .

No I haven't lost it, you've bought all the Western propangada since the late 1980s and seem to have a complete blank about the US covert interference in Russian affairs in 1999 and in Ukraine in 2003/4 that has led directly to this Ukraine war. In stark contrast I haven't bought any of the...

Agreed, they've gone as soft as the British and Americans. But these are temporary states and over a far shorter period for the Russians, not even two decades. .

I agree, and as I was thinking yesterday, the greatest danger is that they work so well that they drive Russia into total isolation, cutting dead all grain, oil, gas and mineral exports to the rest of the world. That would severely hurt so many countries in the West. Russia is so self...

There's no doubt that the West will suffer from the sanctions, very likely much more than Russia since Russia is so self sufficient, able to feed itself two or three times over and being so energy and raw material rich. Sanctions are an unavoidable own goal. Historically they've never worked...

Doubtful, there's no point. With Ukraine taken Moldova is sealed off from the sea but for a very long inlet through Ukraine. It's so small and weak I doubt NATO would ever consider it for membership. If I had a say in the EU I'd be nervous about granting EU membership at present. What a...

No I am not wrong. The Ukraine was an oblast (county/region) of Russia for many centuries. When Lenin succeeded with the Russian revolution of 2017 he made the Ukraine a separate country in the USSR, as that says, a republic. So when the USSR disbanded it left Ukraine as a completely...

Guilty I'm afraid. Ever since I took the mickey out of him long ago he's been pursuing me everywhere I post and spraying these smileys about. The alert at the top of the page often shows he's given me a dozen or more at a time. I'm not bothered, every village has its idiot. .

LIAR. Totally untrue. Post after post in here was saying no appeasement and that the Russians should strongly opposed and the Ukrainians supported with arms. That wasn't for a bloody tea party was it? The Ukrainian blood is only the hands of Putin, the Americans, the unnecessarily aggressive...

Sheer fantasy. Someone a few days ago says Putin wants to reinstate the USSR, immediately like sheep everyone is repeating this ridiculous myth and the politicians are using it as propaganda. These same western politicians and so called experts have only just twigged that Russia is aiming to...

I wasn't commentng on that, only on the war and it's internal effects in Russia. Will they even know about the impeding refugee crisis? AFAIK its a million refugees at present not 6 million, and hopefully it won't reach anything like that number before the Ukrainians finally have the sense...

His long time associate 56 year old Dmitry Medvedev is likely. They've swapped presidency and prime ministerial jobs previously and Putin has given Medvedev many of his appointments. .

It was so easily on the cards thirty years ago, until the USA thought it knew best. Even easy only a short while ago in 2014 as I've explained. Though from here incredibly difficult. It's always possible though, but from this position only possible if the West makes the overtures with a...