Born Hunter
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I agree, I think it’s all just an excuse. The latest one is they thought nato was helping Ukraine build nukes…
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How does that work at this point? Like, what guarantees would Russia need to be sure that as soon as they’re out NATO doesn’t role in with, what we now know is, a far superior force. I’m not sure they’d accept any promises at this point. Trust is non existent. If Russia agreed to a ceasefire but not to leaving (as a guarantee) then that’s tantamount to a bloodless victory for them.
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Escalation is a managed factor in all wars. It’s rarely as no limits all out fight. In the falklands the same was seen. The Vulcans didn’t flatten the Argentine mainland, the harriers flying combat air patrol didn’t shoot down argentine reconnaissance planes over the Atlantic as the task force steamed south. There’s consequences to actions that are perceived as disproportionate or excessive.
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I’d suspect that the commanders expected Ukraine to just give up. I don’t think they expected that they might have to trash the place to win. Such an aggressive approach will only lead to a prolonged insurgency and more shit from the international community. They also have limited supplies of precision weapons and even now are largely using unguided stuff because it’s cheap and plentiful. Unguided munitions cause way more collateral. Anyway, it’s coming. They haven’t a choice.
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You’re right. There’s some commentary that the reason he hasn’t achieved air superiority yet is because they don’t really feel that Ukrainian air power is that much of a threat given russias more advanced mobile air defences, which will be part of that column. Still, a nato force would leather it.
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According to the all powerful google, Austria, Cyprus, Finland, Ireland, Malta, and Sweden.
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A big concern needs to be giving the man a face saving way out. The whole world, and even his allies have turned on him and the 'special operation' isn't going well. If he's pressed too hard in negotiations I wouldn't put it past him to use a battlefield nuke just out of spite knowing that it won't precipitate a nuclear response. He needs to be able to take his mob home with at least some sort of victory, because right now the entire world thinks him and his 'bear' are shit.
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No Different clubs entirely. E.g., Ireland is in the EU but not NATO.
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Far as I'm aware that's always been the case. And frankly, rightly so. Wouldn't rule it out if he tried to take another state though. Finland or Sweden isn't security, it's empire building.
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Thankyou
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I don't think it's CCTV, I assume it's a webcam? They're everywhere these days, amusement parks, beaches, on peers, in town centres etc etc. That was probably a kalibr cruise missile. If it utilised it's maximum capable terminal velocity, then it'd have been doing around mach 2.5. It may have been travelling much slower. Mach 2.5 is 850m/s, so to catch it every 50m or so the camera would need a frame rate of less than 20 frames/s. That's not high spec to my knowledge. That square is allegedly some culturally significant site and that building is a government building. I don't think i
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They really killed that pavement! Good job they weren't 50 yards back, they'd have hit a government headquarters
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At least these refugees are women and children. Quite stark contrast to other instances. Trains of women and children leaving the warzone, with trains of fighting age men going in to it.
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Oh okay Woodrow Wilson? Does it change the fact that the definition of the term is different?
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I'll expect at least two dozen laughy faces to compensate then.
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You realise that 'new world order' has a different meaning in politics to what it does in conspiracy circles right? It dates back to the end of the cold war and the restructuring of the worlds powers as a result. The Suez crisis equally created a new world order.
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They rob ships on behalf of her majesty’s government if that appeals? You don’t get to keep the loot though… I expect you might be familiar with the haul
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Yeah the corps seems to really have its shit together while the army is lagging in promoting itself. They are fundamentally different but does the army have anything with the appeal these have. More masks
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Tbf a lot of the new Royal Marines marketing pics show face coverings. They’re really selling the ‘cool’ new commando look, but I dunno how standard it is exactly.
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Interestingly Turkey has now officially recognised this conflict as a war, implementing the Montreux convention. This means they can refuse warships passage into the Black Sea, provided those warships are not based there.
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What do you mean 'only'. If you're converting sterling to roubles that change is good for you You'll be a millionaire, for less cost!
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For those who find details exhausting... "Some of NATO’s 30 member countries are supplying arms, ammunition and other equipment to Ukraine, but NATO as an organisation is not." NATO to deploy thousands of commandos to nations near Ukraine WWW.ALJAZEERA.COM NATO chief Stoltenberg says alliance is also beefing up arms support to Kyiv and reinforcing defences on allied areas.
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I honestly couldn't name a single administration figure other than the main man. I expect he'd need to be taken down by an alliance of high standing military/intelligence officials for it to be successful. But i dont have any idea of the power system within the administration. Is there a contender who would be backed if putin was shamed?
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No one need worry about them then eh.
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No idea, I dont believe he'll step down freely.
