gerblod Posted 4 March 2022 Posted 4 March 2022 19 hours ago, blabyboy said: Perhaps we can agree to disagree. I don't usually encounter this level of diplomacy in replies to my posts! I accept the rationale of what you're stating. The context is different for Germany, though. As much as Russia is, Germany is haunted by the outcomes of WW2. For forty-five years the German people were faced with the threat of obliteration by US vs USSR being fought out on their country. They've been occupied since '45. The American presence is still loud and clear in the area of Germany I know. It's apparent that NATO still sees Russia as a threat, and now it's come to pass that its commanders were and are correct. So, I won't ever criticise Merkel for trying to find ways of placating Putin. She's East German, so she grew up in the horrible atmosphere of Russian occupation. She knew the casual antipathy of Russian troops. I'm not arguing you're wrong. I think all the organisations which might have acted during the takeover of Crimea failed miserably. Now we have a bigger task to complete because of that failure..
ARTY_FOX Posted 4 March 2022 Posted 4 March 2022 49 minutes ago, gerblod said: A young Ukranian woman reported on FB that the plant was being shelled. I suspect that the kind of precision targeting you're writing about isn't possible using artillery. Any force attacking a nuclear power station is already out of control or controlled by a lunatic. I think you'd be suprised how accurate artillery can be. It would be incredibly easy to hit really. The co-ordinates will be known without having to send someone to mark it down and call it in in all likeliness
SpacedX Posted 4 March 2022 Posted 4 March 2022 5 hours ago, Countryfox said: Sounds a bit back to front. I’m awake but soon will be asleep .. courtesy of 5 pints and a few bottles of wine .. actually on my jollies but nearly didn’t make it as had this massive desire to head east .. might be past my prime but stick me up a tree and I’m confident I’ll get a few of them before they get me .. Not in those ridiculous bright dayglo orange shorts you wouldn't. 1
st albans fox Posted 4 March 2022 Posted 4 March 2022 3 hours ago, WigstonWanderer said: Is the UK doing enough to target the Oligarchs? Sounds like Boris is dragging his feet. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/mar/03/putin-oligarchs-uk-slow-at-acting You mean all talk and no action ? where have you been for the past three years ? im just amazed he had so many kids …
Guest Lako42 Posted 4 March 2022 Posted 4 March 2022 5 hours ago, Countryfox said: might be past my prime but stick me up a tree and I’m confident I’ll get a few of them before they get me .. Who do you thi k you are? Carwood Lipton?
Guest Lako42 Posted 4 March 2022 Posted 4 March 2022 Getting seriously frustrated with the fact we can't do anything to really punish Russia. It's at the point where they deserve direct militart action against them. But we all know we can't. I would love to put a bullet in his head
st albans fox Posted 4 March 2022 Posted 4 March 2022 Security camera video from the area immediately around the nuclear plant seems to show lots of outgoing fire - the Russians will just excuse their attack on this fact - putin made a few remarks yesterday about human shields taking the moral high ground in war is impossible - and it means if you find yourself accused of the smallest thing it means the attacker gets away with a hundred times worse because of false equivalence….
The Year Of The Fox Posted 4 March 2022 Posted 4 March 2022 42 minutes ago, Lako42 said: Who do you thi k you are? Carwood Lipton? Hero
st albans fox Posted 4 March 2022 Posted 4 March 2022 16 minutes ago, Mike Oxlong said: I’m Spartacus!!! it’s superb to watch the guy bottom right looking more and more confused!
fox_favourite Posted 4 March 2022 Posted 4 March 2022 (edited) What do people think Putin means when he said “the worst is yet to come?” and do you guys think he’ll start a war with NATO? Edited 4 March 2022 by fox_favourite
WigstonWanderer Posted 4 March 2022 Posted 4 March 2022 49 minutes ago, st albans fox said: You mean all talk and no action ? where have you been for the past three years ? im just amazed he had so many kids … In Australia 1
Sol thewall Bamba Posted 4 March 2022 Posted 4 March 2022 3 minutes ago, fox_favourite said: What do people think Putin means when he said “the worst is yet to come?” and do you guys think he’ll start a war with NATO? No chance, he can barely organise to drive some tanks down the road to Kyiv let alone win a war with NATO.
Guest Lako42 Posted 4 March 2022 Posted 4 March 2022 24 minutes ago, The Year Of The Fox said: Hero Immediately made me think of these boys when reading about Ukrainian forces digging in around the forested areas of Kiev. Also made me despair that we've failed to develop as human beings.
Aleksz Posted 4 March 2022 Posted 4 March 2022 (edited) Edited: Deleted embedded tweet as thread contained distressing video Edited 4 March 2022 by Aleksz 3
Guest Lako42 Posted 4 March 2022 Posted 4 March 2022 Would not recommend watching the video above unless you can handle that sort of thing. It is incredibly harrowing
Mike Oxlong Posted 4 March 2022 Posted 4 March 2022 Psycho Putin’s shit scared of the truth https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/ukraine-war-latest-russia-law-b2028440.html?amp
Aleksz Posted 4 March 2022 Posted 4 March 2022 28 minutes ago, Lako42 said: Would not recommend watching the video above unless you can handle that sort of thing. It is incredibly harrowing Apologies to anyone that’s caught off guard, was only trying to embed the tweet/image of the power plant not the whole thread.
surrifox Posted 4 March 2022 Posted 4 March 2022 27 minutes ago, Mike Oxlong said: Psycho Putin’s shit scared of the truth https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/ukraine-war-latest-russia-law-b2028440.html?amp even after Putin is eventually found hanging upside down from a lampost somewhere, the damage is done and the trust their neighbours have for Russia is destroyed for a generation (if there ever was any) . Expect Poland and the Baltic states to massively increase the size of their military and acquire more and more deadly firepower. That will inevitably feed tension in the region.
ajthefox Posted 4 March 2022 Posted 4 March 2022 I've seen online that some people are booking airbnbs in Ukraine to send money directly to someone over there. Might not be the best way of helping but it's something. Airbnb have waived all booking fees for Ukraine bookings so they're not taking the money. Thought it was worth sharing. 2 2
The Year Of The Fox Posted 4 March 2022 Posted 4 March 2022 2 hours ago, Mike Oxlong said: 😂 I did wonder at the start when ‘McAdams’ said something about fighting in his own country
The Year Of The Fox Posted 4 March 2022 Posted 4 March 2022 3 minutes ago, ajthefox said: I've seen online that some people are booking airbnbs in Ukraine to send money directly to someone over there. Might not be the best way of helping but it's something. Airbnb have waived all booking fees for Ukraine bookings so they're not taking the money. Thought it was worth sharing. What, so the citizens still receive the booking fee? Air BnB just aren’t taking the cut?
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