Completed it mate
Got to love the Ukrainians , Russia hasn't amassed enough troops to invade ukraine while they pose a risk ,the Ukrainian Army are a lot stronger than 8 years ago..
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Strictly speaking what you said it is either lies or do not have a clue.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Odyssey_Dawn
What are you on about Ukrainians banned from voting? The population of Crimea voted not anyone else not Russians or Ukrainians, you’re not making any sense, you’re actually confusing me, I’ve never met a poster like you on this site before.
Ok so let’s go along with your analysis that the referendum was rigged and it’s all just Russian propaganda, then how did the Russians also manage to rig every single poll taken in Crimea? Every poll taken either western or otherwise show the overwhelming majority of crimeans wanting to be part of Russia.
I honestly don’t understand how you and other posters and denying simple facts, that the population of Crimea overwhelmingly want to be part of Russia, can you please explain it? How are all the polls by everyone wrong? How have Russian spies managed to infiltrate every single poll taken in Crimea? Polls by the Germans, Americans, Brits, everyone.
But nato did not invade Libya,the UK and France targeted military infrastructure the fighting was Libyans vs Libyans and a mix of foreign mercenaries working for Gaddafi.
It was a civil war
Haha good man.
So what does this little play tell us about how we should approach the Ukraine situation today? I actually don't know what the point is apart from reminding us that Hitler was bad.
Have you ever heard of Operation Odyssey Dawn?
He doesn’t have a clue I’m guessing, anyone who believes the west toppled one of the most well off and successful countries in all of Africa on some sort of great humanitarian mission isn’t worth arguing with.
They could have found far greater humanitarian reasons to invade most African countries.
NATO didn’t invade Syria either, it’s easier to hire blood thirsty Jihadists to do your dirty work. These were known as ‘rebels’ to you.
Now that you've got that non-sequitur off your chest, what's the excuse for Russia dismembering and invading a sovereign country again?
So is the Russian military. They've not been static the last few years either.
In their last serious tests these tanks came up against in Iraq and Lebanon, they both were vulnerable. In Iraq, they were facing a badly trained army and some militias. In Iraq, they lost 80 tanks and the Saudis seem to have lost about 40. Some tanks have been updated with trophy and other systems but they still will remain vulnerable to a coordinated attack by a modern army. I would take my chances with lighting rather than a massive IED in an Abrams.
You may be right and these new systems will give the tanks some extra protection but anti-tank weapons have also improved as has drone developments. The systems that the Uk has supplied to Ukraine look cheap and lethal. Time will tell. Never say never.
Well their excuse is that the majority of people in the areas they occupy want to be part of Russia.
The same excuse the British used for partitioning our island against the will of the vast majority of people in Ireland, difference is there was only a small majority in Northern Ireland whereas in Crimea there is a very large majority.
There are numerous other excuses but that’s one anyway.
OK, I was wrong on giving the UK and France, rather than NATO as a whole prime responsibility for Libya. But my main point was that it was not an invasion (or occupation) The aftermath was a total shambles, for reasons we now know. But to characterise Libya under ColG as one of the most well-off and successful countries in all of Africa is misleading. Lots of oil and a small population was bound to make Libya well-off. But the Colonel was a monster and his meddling abroad was inexcusable: just look at his arms shipments to the IRA for heaven's sake
Well that would be an illegal pre-text then, and the world agrees. No more than Scotland can't organize a flash illegal referendum against the UK constitutional order sponsored by a foreign power with undeclared military and mercenaries skulking around.
Would you be making excuses if Russia engineered the same in Estonia? Kazakhstan? Latvia?
Illegal is illegal is illegal. This is from the 1930s playbook and anyone endorsing it to be an edgelord is a fool - the peace in Europe, hard-won and hard-maintained, is under threat because of this disgraceful and retrograde nonsense.
Germany to send 5000 helmets to Ukraine. Maybe they offer to send some coffins or body bags next week.
The time for Mexico to reclaim Tejas and environs (up to the Canadian border and from sea to shining sea) will come. For now, Mexico's focus is on encouraging internal division and unrest in the US, particularly in the Southern States. At the moment this mostly takes the form of drinking a lot of Patron and talking sh1t about gringos, but they are ready to scale up at any moment, with or without Russian support.
Have you been to Crimea before '14 and during ? Have you been to Donbas? Or do you know anyone from the region?
Obviously yes ,
The majority of people posting on boards.ie are Mexican bots.
Claro. The tentacles of the 52nd Tecate Battallion are all over Boards. And we're all the better for it. :D
Seems like they've put a bit of thought into this.
https://www.rte.ie/news/world/2022/0126/1275945-ambassador-ukraine/
"He said: "We are hoping that if they are going to carry out an exercise, they will keep a safe distance from us - not the other way around. And if they feel that they need to come into our area where we're fishing, our protest is we're not moving. We are there to earn a living."
So the scenario will be, our fishing boats are already in an area fishing. If Russian warships then enter that same area and start lobbing munitions about, should our fishery protection vessels also enter the area?
Of course they should. Would we leave (in the worst case) our citizens or the Russians to drown?
The Russians have given Ireland plenty of advance notice of their intentions to hold exercises in International waters off our coast. It's the responsibility of the government here to keep our eejits at bay.
I am cautious of thinktanks in general but a decent article here on the Guardian. Possibility that there could be a push from the South-East to expand "rebel" territory, and Moscow could play the deniability card.
"Speaking privately, Ukrainian government insiders concede Moscow could easily target the port of Mariupol, which is 15 miles away from the frontline. The city is economically prosperous and home to a large metallurgical factory, the Illich iron and steelworks, named after Lenin.
Expanding territory controlled by the separatist Donetsk People’s Republic (DNR) would make the Russian-backed enclave more viable. Putin already effectively controls these areas and may take steps to recognise them legally or even annex them."
Drowning Russians , just remember the Kursk submarine , Putin didn't care about his sailor's then,
And Russian military losses overseas are classified as state secrets,
What happens during these exercises? Do they bring along a few clapped out ships as targets to try and hit? Not much point aiming at imaginary ships in the middle of the ocean I suppose. All the while they have an RV scooting around the cables underneath, laying explosives that Gertrude can detonate if necessary in the future. Ferris probably owns a few patents in the remote detonation area though; if he gets wind of it he'll be heading out in the Marita Ann to complain.
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