Given that World War III is starting...

Donkey Oaty

...at least according to Reuters today, I was wondering if this article in the Herald is still true.

To save you the bother of reading the articles, Russia's violation of Turkish (i.e. NATO) airspace is "raising the stakes in a high risk situation" (UK MoD Sec), and so we're all fecked.

But the real issue that perplexes me is whether we should pay any attention to the Herald when stocking up on baked beans. Heinz, Batchelors' and Aldi beans offer national pride, nostalgic comfort and brutal economic realities which are jostling for position in my mind.

Has anyone tried all three?

FloatingVoter

WW3 is starting 'cos the Herald told you and the plan is to start farting.

That's actually a ****ing great philosophy. The New World Order starts here.

L.Jenkins

Get the lead lined tin foil hats at the ready!

B.A._Baracus

FloatingVoter wrote: »

WW3 is starting 'cos the Herald told you and the plan is to start farting.

That's actually a ****ing great philosophy. The New World Order starts here.

More like the new world odor

PirateShampoo

You know what... **** America.

speedboatchase

There's not gonna be a WW3 while Obama is in charge. You can tell he doesn't want the fight and must be counting down the last few months, hoping Putin doesn't keep running rings around the US.

mad muffin

Good. Good.

The world is stagnating, the population to large to support. We need to thin the herd.

I for one, welcome this new world war.

kneemos

Guess who's not paying his next water bill?

Donkey Oaty

FloatingVoter wrote: »

WW3 is starting 'cos the Herald told you and the plan is to start farting.

Whatever it is, the Herald has it.

Gatling

The Russian's are coming

The Russian's are coming

Not really when's Games of Thornes starting back

the_syco

FloatingVoter wrote: »

WW3 is starting 'cos the Herald told you and the plan is to start farting.

The OP sees the start of WW3, and his reaction is to start gassing people.

OP; do you have any German ancestors?

Zebra3

Donkey Oaty wrote: »

...at least according to Reuters today, I was wondering if this article in the Herald is still true.

To save you the bother of reading the articles, Russia's violation of Turkish (i.e. NATO) airspace is "raising the stakes in a high risk situation" (UK MoD Sec), and so we're all fecked.

But the real issue that perplexes me is whether we should pay any attention to the Herald when stocking up on baked beans. Heinz, Batchelors' and Aldi beans offer national pride, nostalgic comfort and brutal economic realities which are jostling for position in my mind.

Has anyone tried all three?

The US murders medical workers and injured people in a hospital in a horrific war crime.

Russia allegedly flies through Turkish airspace.

And the unbiased media goes for the latter as potentially sparking WW3.

The mainstream media is sh1t.

suicide_circus

Professor, without knowing precisely what the danger is, would you say it's time for our viewers to crack each other's heads open and feast on the goo inside?

Bejubby

The war hadent really finished since 1914!

asherbassad

Donkey Oaty wrote: »

...at least according to Reuters today, I was wondering if this article in the Herald is still true.

To save you the bother of reading the articles, Russia's violation of Turkish (i.e. NATO) airspace is "raising the stakes in a high risk situation" (UK MoD Sec), and so we're all fecked.

But the real issue that perplexes me is whether we should pay any attention to the Herald when stocking up on baked beans. Heinz, Batchelors' and Aldi beans offer national pride, nostalgic comfort and brutal economic realities which are jostling for position in my mind.

Has anyone tried all three?

Russian planes aren't allowed in Turkish airspace? Last time I was in Antalya there were rakes of Russians there. I think a lot of them flew in.

jamesbere

suicide_circus wrote: »

Professor, without knowing precisely what the danger is, would you say it's time for our viewers to crack each other's heads open and feast on the goo inside?

Yes ken yes I would

jamesbere

So what your saying is the Russians flying into Turkish airspace will mean hike in bean price's.

What about the price of spuds, will they be affected

rolliepoley

There will be anarchy on the streets looking for beans.

Carlo Ancelotti

If the next US president is Republican we might get a dust up with Putin. The Russians are flexing their muscles at the moment
So we prob all die in a nuclear winter

jimgoose

The Five Wives and I are heading for The Citadel as we speak.

ChippingSodbury

Carlo Ancelotti wrote: »

If the next US president is Republican we might get a dust up with Putin. The Russians are flexing their muscles at the moment
So we prob all die in a nuclear winter

How have you time to be reading this thread???

Aren't you involved in deep discussion with Fenway Sports Group about replacing Brendan Rodgers????

NachoBusiness

Humans have peaked now anyway.

What could we do? Makes phones thinner, planes faster.. boring, who cares.

Even a hoverboard woudn't impress me now.

I think dark age living would do us good.

What's left of us in the apocalyptic world anyway.

Just let me have one more ****.

kkelly77

Luckily there's more than one media source than herald.ie OP

I just spoke with our chief of General Staff. We have given necessary instructions to our foreign minister. Diplomatic traffic has begun. Our position is very clear, we’ll warn any country that violates our borders in a friendly way. Russia is our friend and neighbor. There is no tension between Turkey and Russia in this sense. The issue of Syria is not a Turkish-Russian crisis

- Turkish PM Ahmet Davutoğlu

Donkey Oaty

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kkelly77 wrote: »

Luckily there's more than one media source than herald.ie OP

- Turkish PM Ahmet Davutoğlu

What does he have to say about baked beans? The Herald hasn't even mentioned the Russia/Turkey incident as far as I know.

booooring!

All hail putin, the greatest leader in the world!

wil

Gatling wrote: »

Not really when's Games of Thornes starting back

Is there no end to the knock-offs? Or is that a pirate copy?

Next they'll be coming out with "Games of War" III

Eugene Norman

Zebra3 wrote: »

The US murders medical workers and injured people in a hospital in a horrific war crime.

Russia allegedly flies through Turkish airspace.

And the unbiased media goes for the latter as potentially sparking WW3.

The mainstream media is sh1t.

Give over. It was a few seconds incursion. At least.

Gatling

wil wrote: »

Is there no end to the knock-offs? Or is that a pirate copy?

Next they'll be coming out with "Games of War" III

Have a copy of umpire strikes back and and return of the ledi

LordSutch

...keeping an eye on the Russian jets deliberate incursions into Turkish space :cool:

If this should happen again, and if the Turkish airforce should 'engage', things could get very dangerous very quickly, and I say this in the context of Russian boots already being on the ground in Turkey + all the other shenanigans Putin is playing at.

I'm not worried, but let's just see how this pans out.

Corvo

Better to be annihilated by the Russians than be a kept in an incubation chambers by our new Chinese overlords being used to flavour Soy Sauce.

Yes, bring on the nukes.

bilston

LordSutch wrote: »

...keeping an eye on the Russian jets deliberate incursions into Turkish space :cool:

If this should happen again, and if the Turkish airforce should 'engage', things could get very dangerous very quickly, and I say this in the context of Russian boots already being on the ground in Turkey + all the other shenanigans Putin is playing at.

I'm not worried, but let's just see how this pans out.

You can definitely see how the situation could go pear shaped very quickly. More so than at any point in the last 25 years.

Aenaes

mad muffin wrote: »

Good. Good.

The world is stagnating, the population to large to support. We need to thin the herd.

I for one, welcome this new world war.

I love this kind of opinion and the agreement it usually gets.

"Time to cull the herd", "We need a large plague" etc.

Just as long as it doesn't affect you or your family, eh?

RobertKK

Donkey Oaty wrote: »

...at least according to Reuters today, I was wondering if this article in the Herald is still true.

To save you the bother of reading the articles, Russia's violation of Turkish (i.e. NATO) airspace is "raising the stakes in a high risk situation" (UK MoD Sec), and so we're all fecked.

But the real issue that perplexes me is whether we should pay any attention to the Herald when stocking up on baked beans. Heinz, Batchelors' and Aldi beans offer national pride, nostalgic comfort and brutal economic realities which are jostling for position in my mind.

Has anyone tried all three?

Surely all these beans would contribute to man made climate change due to methane emissions rising?
Then we would maybe need a nuclear winter to counteract it...

DarkyHughes

PirateShampoo wrote: »

You know what... **** America.

Yeah f*** America.

Donkey Oaty

RobertKK wrote: »

Surely all these beans would contribute to man made climate change due to methane emissions rising?
Then we would maybe need a nuclear winter to counteract it...

Hey man, I'm seeking advice about Batchelors' vs Heinz beans, as reported in the Evening Herald seven years ago. If you want to engage in some sort of hypothetical political nonsense, start your own thread.

I'm sorry to be harsh, but everyone else who has posted on here has clearly read the articles, hence all the well-thought-out comments and appropriate thanks.

FalconGirl

I've only come to realise in the past couple of years how sinister American foreign policy is. Bombing a hospital a day after preaching all over the media about the Russians killing innocents in Syria was the final straw. F**kers

Rippington

FalconGirl wrote: »

I've only come to realise in the past couple of years how sinister American foreign policy is. Bombing a hospital a day after preaching all over the media about the Russians killing innocents in Syria was the final straw. F**kers

Big time , they have been getting away with it for decades now and more and more people are waking up see their double standards regard Russian military actions .

mad muffin

Aenaes wrote: »

I love this kind of opinion and the agreement it usually gets.

"Time to cull the herd", "We need a large plague" etc.

Just as long as it doesn't affect you or your family, eh?

For the betterment of humanity. I'm prepared to take that risk…

jmayo

LordSutch wrote: »

...keeping an eye on the Russian jets deliberate incursions into Turkish space :cool:

Isn't keeping an eye on Russian planes invading others airspace Sarah Palins job ?

discus

FalconGirl wrote: »

I've only come to realise in the past couple of years how sinister American foreign policy is. Bombing a hospital a day after preaching all over the media about the Russians killing innocents in Syria was the final straw. F**kers

That wasn't AMERICA who bombed that hospital.

It was one or two men, who called in air support. It was a Close Air Support mission, which bypasses the usual targetting process, by allowing men on the ground to speak directly to an aircraft and talk them on to the target. For artillery, missiles and (where I worked) mortars all requests for FIRES (rounds on the the target from the observer) go through a central Command Post, or Joint Fires Cell, where the request is scrutinised, and then given permission. The artillery/missles/mortars won't fire unless they get the go ahead from the CP or JFC, who have a ton of information at hand to decide if there is any risk of civilian casualties.

The people who ****ed up were the guys who called in the air support. The pilot is simply the driver of a very expensive weapons platform who has to rely on what he is told. Don't go blaming 300 million people.

KungPao

Would it live up to its predecessor though? WWII is a tough act to follow.

Richard Hillman

Jesus, imagine the scarcidy of Wifi during War-Time.

Skylinehead

Richard Hillman wrote: »

Jesus, imagine the scarcidy of Wifi during War-Time.

Wifi would be grand, as long as you had electricity. Getting that wifi to do anything might be difficult though.

topper75

KungPao wrote: »

Would it live up to its predecessor though? WWII is a tough act to follow.

It was a good war, yes.

It wasn't a great war though.

jmayo

topper75 wrote: »

It was a good war, yes.

It wasn't a great war though.

No WWI was The Great War.

KungPao

Richard Hillman wrote: »

Jesus, imagine the scarcidy of Wifi during War-Time.

We all might have to head out Californee way.

bnt

Richard Hillman wrote: »

Jesus, imagine the scarcidy of Wifi during War-Time.

Oh, there will be no problem with WiFi, as long as you're talking to other devices on the same network in your house. The Internet, on the other hand, will be the first thing to be cut off by the government of a country at war.

DEFTLEFTHAND

I hope all men here under 35 will be putting themselves forward for service.

Donkey Oaty

Here's how an Azerbaijani news agency is reporting the latest developments:

TURKISH PM TALKS POSSIBLE WORLD WAR III

Precautions are sometimes voiced about the repetition of another World War in view of the recent conflicts in the world, and especially the one going on in the Middle East.

One such precaution has come from Turkey’s Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu.

“It is needed to make every effort to prevent the start of World War III,” he said in an interview with Star TV, commenting on the latest developments in the region.

He added that currently there is no such danger, as countries have all the capabilities for talks.

“But it is difficult to predict what may happen in the future, if the violations of international law principles continue,” said Davutoglu.

It's more exciting if you read it while playing this in the background (Khachaturian's parents were from what is now Azerbaijan, and it's kind of an early emergency news bulletin theme...)

karma_

discus wrote: »

That wasn't AMERICA who bombed that hospital.

It was one or two men, who called in air support. It was a Close Air Support mission, which bypasses the usual targetting process, by allowing men on the ground to speak directly to an aircraft and talk them on to the target. For artillery, missiles and (where I worked) mortars all requests for FIRES (rounds on the the target from the observer) go through a central Command Post, or Joint Fires Cell, where the request is scrutinised, and then given permission. The artillery/missles/mortars won't fire unless they get the go ahead from the CP or JFC, who have a ton of information at hand to decide if there is any risk of civilian casualties.

The people who ****ed up were the guys who called in the air support. The pilot is simply the driver of a very expensive weapons platform who has to rely on what he is told. Don't go blaming 300 million people.

Essentially, this same argument was used previously, at a little place called Nuremberg and to everyones amazement it didn't work!!!

John Mongo

karma_ wrote: »

Essentially, this same argument was used previously, at a little place called Nuremberg and to everyones amazement it didn't work!!!

The actions of the senior Nazi leadership and the mistake made by a soldier calling in a CAS mission in the Kunduz region aren't even remotely similar.

Don't be so ridiculous.