quilp Posted March 2, 2022 Share Posted March 2, 2022 Should the world be worried about the lucidity of thinking in the Whitehouse? Old Joe, President Harris etc.? In all seriousness... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Phantom Posted March 2, 2022 Share Posted March 2, 2022 21 minutes ago, quilp said: Should the world be worried about the lucidity of thinking in the Whitehouse? Old Joe, President Harris etc.? In all seriousness... Disturbing. It wouldn't suprise me if one leading factor for the Ukraine situation is that Putin has realised how senile and impotent Biden is and thought this is his chance. I had high hopes for Harris. I assumed Joe would either have keeled over or been diagnosed with dementia by now and tada, the US has a Black Female President by the back door. However it seems she has been completely sidelined and tasked with solving Latam immigration problems and other similarly nebulous issues. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinahand Posted March 2, 2022 Share Posted March 2, 2022 43 minutes ago, quilp said: In all seriousness ... ... you think there is any meaningful content in this at all??? Vacuousness rules ok. Why not instead try this. Start at 12 minutes and listen to Andrey Kortunov discussing a path to mediation in this conflict. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0014x0y Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quilp Posted March 2, 2022 Share Posted March 2, 2022 Yes, I think it's hilarious. Did you know that not everything is serious, or high-minded? Why intellectualise everything? The Ukrainians are gonna have a hard meditating over anything... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Sausages Posted March 2, 2022 Share Posted March 2, 2022 4 hours ago, quilp said: Should the world be worried about the lucidity of thinking in the Whitehouse? Old Joe, President Harris etc.? In all seriousness... Biden’s admin has done a pretty decent job so far. One step ahead of Putin, announcing to the world all the steps Putin was likely to make (false flag attacks etc) to excuse the invasion, making it obvious to the sceptics. Most of the world is united in agreeing severe sanctions with Biden leading the way. But that won’t sway the “sleepy joe” idiots who think he’s senile because trump said so. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManxTaxPayer Posted March 2, 2022 Share Posted March 2, 2022 Check this old dear out. Amazing. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shake me up Judy Posted March 2, 2022 Share Posted March 2, 2022 https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10570529/Russian-soldier-breaks-tears-surrenders.html?ito=push-notification&ci=IWVTstjuW3&cri=BSXwX-BmyZ&si=YHrZNstzJNGo&xi=136b3614-ca8d-4433-94f7-9b4aaa6df402&ai=10570529 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quilp Posted March 3, 2022 Share Posted March 3, 2022 Interesting take on the crisis from The Moscow Times. How the reaction by Western nations is playing right into Putin's hands... https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2022/02/28/western-reaction-to-war-in-ukraine-plays-into-vladimir-putins-hands-a76644 I think they probably mean WW2 rather than WW1... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manxman1980 Posted March 3, 2022 Share Posted March 3, 2022 @quilp it is an interesting perspective and whilst I won't dismiss the arguments as being out of hand it does come across as a plea to let the Oligarch's retain their wealth rather than see it devalued with the collapse of the Russian economy or through the seizure of assets and money in Western Banks. Maybe I am missing something but like most news outlets the ownership may hint towards a bias. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quilp Posted March 3, 2022 Share Posted March 3, 2022 Agreed. The oligarchs are likely fully aware of the possible consequences of a long war and increasing sanctions. Anyone know how many Russian ships, yachts and planes are registered here, if any? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinahand Posted March 3, 2022 Share Posted March 3, 2022 Not really resigning in protest. More accurately, they were being taken off air by Putin's censors for openly reporting on Ukraine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Sausages Posted March 3, 2022 Share Posted March 3, 2022 Thanks to Putin Germany will have the biggest military in Europe again soon. Germany. All the talk of poking the Russian bear with a stick has woken the German bear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quilp Posted March 3, 2022 Share Posted March 3, 2022 This German bear is hardly a formidable force and incomparable to the size and strength of available Russian forces. Since the end of the Cold War, unlike Russia, it has successively reduced its commitment to defence over the decades. Remember Trump complaining that various nations within NATO weren't keeping up with the (non-binding) NATO commitment to upkeep expenditure on defence? What could Germany wield as a defence to a 1000 tank onslaught? 1000? 500? More like 200 effective against any Russian onslaught, and even then, 10-15% of those 200 will be out of service at any one time. Same situation with the Luftwaffe too. Underfunded, with mostly outdated (though still moderately effective) fighters and again, not really enough in number. https://nationalinterest.org/blog/reboot/why-germanys-military-weak-175152 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Sausages Posted March 3, 2022 Share Posted March 3, 2022 Hence the use of future tense… They’ve upped their defence budget to 100 billion in response. Russia’s is circa 60 billion. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManxTaxPayer Posted March 3, 2022 Share Posted March 3, 2022 I'd imagine their military equipment will prove to be better than everyone else's too. Like their cars. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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