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It's never justified, but necessary to their kind of one party, one policy system control. That cannot be shared with another form of control, such as that of Islam's Sharia law. They don't see it as evil, in their view people should either be good citizens and co-operate, or leave. They...

Of course, they have to. Their range shares major components with Renault models and they cannot get those now. They'll have to do a Cuba and make what they've got last a long time if necessary. Cuba's managed that for 60 years, so if they can Russia very definitely can. Owners will get...

That is the Chinese and Russian plan as Xi Jinping explained at great length, but all as single party communist countries. There will never be convergence while the USA is a part of the West. Their intense and obsessive hatred of communism, indeed any hint of socialism, will make convergence...

My "on the other side" meant Russia with China. They have the same common purpose for the future and what has happened between them in the last 20 years means that is cast. As one of the think tank people said in relation to a question about the relationship, "When push comes to shove, China...

Definitely, and that won't be very far away. But Russia will still be "on the other side". That pattern for the future is cast. .

As I posted, be patient, then we'll know. Even the Americans are being unusually patient, rather than getting involved. And if they don't get involved, Europe certainly won't. .

It would be unwise, exposing the Ukrainians to accusations of behaving worse than the Russians. Ignoring the propaganda exaggerations, the Russians have been avoiding a lot of killing, concentrating on large scale infrastructure destruction just as they did in Georgia. Some people get killed in...

Same argument as mine, the USA was right to rule out their deployment. .

I can't see why they wouldn't be effective. With landing craft though, aiming such a weapon at densely packed troops on board could quite rightly raise an outcry at such mass slaughter. .

Doubt it. Half of Georgia resembled Aleppo's end after the same purpose Russian assault as Ukraine, totally destroyed. The West tut-tutted then, just like now. The only real difference was the Georgians behaved more sensibly, knowing when they were beaten, so lived to tell the tale and...

No flaws. As I posted, the MIG29 doesn't have BVR capability for air to air combat, so they will be quickly downed by today's Russian BVR equipped planes if the MIGs are introduced. In any case the ground attack upgrading you mention is them equipped with air to ground missiles, but that...

I didnt say he wouldn't, but that does not necessarily mean a war between NATO and Russia. .

Not within any foreseeable future. If necessary the USA will see to it that it doesn't happen, as their ruling on the MIG29s shows. Following Iraq and Afghanistan they have no stomach for more war. And once Russia manages to take full control of Ukraine, they won't have any stomach left for...

A lot of truth in this, but I wont desist since someone at least should speak up for the pacifist approach and the application of much more intelligence. Having war and its horrific consequences as the only option simply isn't acceptable in the 21st century. .

So true of modern cars, and indeed aircraft like the F35. Too much sophistication is making them delicate and severely limiting the conditions they can tolerate. I used to leave a Fiat Tipo for three months unused and it would start instantly as if just used. A Nissan Qashqai many years...

Intolerance on the meaning of currently, when I'd been posting of the period since 2014 and when my post you replied to made it absolutely clear that I was referring to before the invasion. You quite often have inconsistencies and typos in your posts, but I never dream af using them in nit...

Yes, the Niva was a good design for Russia's road conditions. Today's Ladas are mainly Renault based, but still some originality. Autocar's museum slideshow reveals many of the Lada oddities over time. .

Coastal Command, stopping arrivals of rubber boats filled with refugees. .

Biden is right, the MIG 29 is of no use to the Ukrainians. It was once among the best air to air fighters and the worlds best close combat fighter. But not any more and no use for air to ground operation. If it's flown against Russia by Ukrainians it will be NATO v Russia and the Russians...

Definitely, especially with such superb video of it for us to see. .