Born Hunter
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Thankyou, and I'm sure that will be well received by stopend too. Certainly an end to the matter. Very unlikely to take issue with it or have much to say in response. But if he did then I'm absolutely sure he'll keep it to himself.
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The first I read of Azov Bat was on the BBC! LOL. It was a piece explaining that they are the only significant nazi's that could justify Putin's utter nonsense. The BBC is about as mainstream as it comes. Again, no one has said you can't talk about them. Thanks, I'm now bleeding...
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Mate, give over ffs, no one is stopping you saying anything about them. You're cracking on like no one knows they are a savage bunch of extreme nationalists with a considerable neo-nazi element. Who's telling you you can't talk about it? Azov....AzoVVVV......V V V! I'll f***ing cut myself if I read azoz again!
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They might not wait to be asked...
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From what I've read about the Azov Battalion they seem quite a capable unit. It's what you do with them after the war that is the tricky bit...
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A member of Starfleet, the space force of a unified Earth with a single supreme global government, part of a galactic federation of planets.... Francie holds his views in high esteem....
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Not sure if it has already been mentioned on here but this is an interesting development...
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Well, by this point in '03 the yanks had taken the capital of Iraq and the entire country would be under occupation a week later. Iraq was better armed and logistically way more challenging than Ukraine. The Russians are shelling Kyiv and civilian centres now, and it's becoming harder to explain those as legitimate military strikes or mistakes, so it really does seem that arguments that Putin is playing soft are incorrect. The Russian military is just not what Joe Bloggs had imagined it to be, or as the USAF recently said, they're a "near-peer competitor".
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Yeah, Russian ones! I mentioned before. In January the company I work for was asked to tender for a massive job in Ukraine and it was virtually ours given the Russians were banned from operating there.
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I like to think that somewhere there is a stealth bomber laden with Novichok waiting for the green light!
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I intend to get the next two weekends in hard on the deer and I reckon that’ll be ‘21/‘22 season done. Can’t wait for the summer!
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I miss those days! Back when the countryside was hooching with rabbits and all I wanted to do was mooch about getting after them.
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Yeah, so you’ve worked for the IMF then yeah?
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Would the US? The same questions over nuclear deterrence in an alliance remain. I think European countries would be more willing to act, if they had the command structure, given it's on their continent than the US would. I genuinely don't know what you are basing that on other than a history of negativity towards European defence spending. The EU member states have considerable and full spectrum military capability with a fantastic industrial base to sustain it. I agree they lack will to integrate, which is what provoked my original question. I wonder how long that will last in the fac
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Enter reality.... I'm speaking from real life experience in the oil industry and you're speaking from your experience of international politics? Or would that be what you've read on the internet? No shit, you disagree. LOL
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So the only point in EU nations having a military at all is to appease the US in NATO? I didn't say NATO would be split, simply that if the EU nations fully or at least significantly integrated then they would not be dependant on NATO for their defence, they could act unilaterally and independently but still be in NATO. They have all of the might needed to do that if they had the will to integrate. Look at the combined assets, manpower and industrial base of EU nations, it's very significant and could very easily replace NATO for their own purposes.
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The EU's nuclear deterrent essentially comes from French submarines, with air force jets from a few other nations equipped to carry US controlled bombs for battlefield strikes. They have the capability to replace those US warheads with their own in relatively short time. If they were serious about significant military centralisation then I reckon they'd be able to muster a sufficiently credible nuclear deterrent.
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I don't know if it 'always' will, but certainly currently does, yes. What Europe/EU has in terms of resource and knowledge is sufficient to create an alternative to NATO imo. What they lack is the political will to coordinate it all effectively. That will may never be found but threats like Russia may well force it to be. Certainly having the UK out of the gang makes it easier.
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Makes you wonder how long it'll be before the EU are making serious moves towards military integration and centralisation. The controversial 'EU Army'.
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Making big moves already and about time they pulled their heads out of their arses. I'd like to see the UK up the lightning fleet order but the biggest problem we have is lead times on integration of our preferred weapons. Germany to buy F-35 warplanes for nuclear deterrence WWW.DEFENSENEWS.COM The decision comes in the context of Germany’s massive defense strategy adjustment following Russia’s...
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Some will sure, but even now I know of talented and experienced oil industry workers, with a lot of career in front of them, leaving off their own backs.
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Just as an example, the research dept I worked in for most of my career had about 120 years of industry experience in it shared between six members of staff. By the time I was laid off they closed down the dept, keeping only the two most junior staff, transferring them to another dept. Those two lads had a combined 6 years experience. COVID stripped that company, and eventually the industry, of 120 years experience and left it with 6.... That's why the oil price is rising.
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I don't think this really has much to do with UK government policy or oil companies profiteering. It's true that politicians are using the Ukraine situation as an excuse for rising prices, when in fact it has only really caused a short term spike, but fundamentally this is a result of COVID. I've spent the last 12 years in the oil industry, I survived the 2014 crash, I've seen tons of redundancies since, I even survived the financial turmoil of COVID up until about 10 months ago when I finally got the bullet too. Now I'll be leaving the industry in two weeks but my point is that the indus
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That is literally like a rabbit! I’ve had some fair sized ones this last month too.
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How f***ing rich are you still buying premium! Exactly what I've just done. Except I want the power!
