Wait, why is this allowed? Isn't this exposing of Ukrainian defence?
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A few years ago I heavily criticised Mo Salah for becoming an honorary citizen of Chechnya and posing with Kadyrow himself. But there were enough people on here to explain to me how I was overreacting. The man is a monster and his troops are incredibly dangerous and scary. We need to hold these people accountable in peacetimes.
I hope the gucci bags agree as well.
I think there's a lot of politics but what I don't understand is how someone like Macron is happy to be more aggressive with sanctions when there's an election in 3 months and the new German government that's just been elected is afraid. They have years to fix their political ratings if things go a bit bad for them at home.
Italy, I think, has elections next year although that handbag exemption is a joke and cannot be justified.
Even bloody Japan are more competent than them at the moment. Crazy stuff.Germany definitely have overcompensated for WW2 in terms of reducing military prowess
Just mental, isn't it. Seems that those 5000 helmets they sent was basically all they had. We completely rely on US to protect us, if not then Germany would probably fall in a matter of minutes.Germany definitely have overcompensated for WW2 in terms of reducing military prowess
There's a lot of reports (mostly from their relatives) that Russia sends fresh conscripts straight to Ukraine, despite it being illegal. Most of them are either forced/tricked to sign or their commanders simply sign a "temporary" contract for them. Those are mostly 18-19 year old kids that obviously don't know any better.
Jesus, thats beyond awful. Luckily somehow the old man survived.
It's all about pride with Putin, no matter the cost. I think very little of what he does is due to a perceived sense of protecting his people, and his increasing aggression has probably been the catalyst for NATO's expansion anyway. It's about recovering lost pride, and Ukraine having the audacity to not be under his control.
Unfortunately illegality and war crimes have lost all meaning now, because everyone is scared of nukes.
Question, when saddam hussein invaded Kuwait, the USA/UK went in to help kuwait. Whats different now? Is NATO and western europe really going to sit back and watch a eurppean country be butchered and destroyed. Surely the lessons of 80 years ago are still relevant?
They somehow never find the balance...
Illegality had lost its meaning in Russia a lot earlier — if we're talking about the actions of our government and its institutions, it is.
It’s worth watching the other video angle. Ukrainians ambush some Russians in a truck carrying a large stationary gun to the left of this shot and this AV spots it late and tries to turn. Ukrainians took the gun and Russians have no been able to find it.
According to Russia, Ukraine is full of deviated nazis
Iraq couldn’t nuke London or Washington.
Because his mafia state has not been able to fool people and countries that have 'benefitted' from the USSR rule.
They very well know all this nicely, nicey attitude has always been a mask that he's ready to take off at the first sign of weakness. He just had to take long to do it and since he's getting on in age now, his dumb pride feels the necessity to leave a legacy.
He can feck right off.
Bigger geopolitical interests as Kuwait is a major oil producer. Also, Iraq is...not exactly Russia in terms of power. Also don't discount Saudi involvement here, they didn't want Hussein to become a serious oil rival.
Just for fodder? Cant see any military logic in this.
The straw that broke the bear's back
Saddam did not have nukes.
Yes, what could go wrong with that.
I would assume so. Again, people tend to react differently to you when you have 200 thousand troops near the border instead of 50 thousands even if actually 150 thousands of them are complete rookies.
Has the NATO meeting finished? I fell asleep for 2 hours (first time i slept in almost 2 days) There was supposed to be a NATO sumit this afternoon.
Crazy thing is that Mario Draghi is a technical prime minister, so he shouldn't worry too much about numbers.
Though then, two far-right parties are polling (combined) at 40$, and both are in Putin's pocket.
Those Russian flights over Ireland & the U.K. a few months ago, were no training were they? Seems to me they were checking response times in the event that the U.K. in particular might go to war
True, remembered the photos of these boys captured on day 1
If he was going for shock and awe, then sending in rookies with outdated equipment was probably the wrong approach. All it has done is given the Ukrainians confidence and belief.
They happen all the time and have been going on for years. I don't think they're particularly related.
Pootin won't be around for that, why would he he give a shite. He's building his legacy for a planet devoid of life.
Russia is not Iraq.
That wouldn't surprise me either. The video of that Russian POW yesterday clearly showed a teenager (if we say that anyone under 20 is a teenager) definitely not built like a regular soldier, and we know that several conscripts were among the "green men" in 2014. That being said, what is Russia doing with their own regulars? I thought they had over 1 million active personnel.
UN Council resolutions authorising both 91 in response to Iraq's invasion of Kuwait and Afghan in response to 9/11. Iraq 2003 is not as cut and dry but they were warned by the UN they had x days to disarm and that it was the "final opportunity" to do so. China and Russia either agreed or abstained from those votes.
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Isn't that pretty much by design? If I'm not mistaken Germany have been very limited when it comes to what they can and can't have, the trade-off being that the US were supposed to "protect" them.
The difference is that Russia isn't Irak.
Again, being in millitary does not mean you are only combat staff. There are numerous support positions in a modern army, and they are on the same payroll.
They were but that's just a common thing rather than any particular readiness for this invasion.
I was morbidly thinking who the first country Russia would try nuke if they wanted to send a message. It would probably be the UK wouldn't it.