Russia - threadbanned users in OP

Wouldn't really agree with that either...(war between NATO/Russia on their own territory) even were such possible in a nuclear bomb-less world.

I think what's happening here is serious enough to justify such measures but agree to disagree I suppose as it is second time I replied to you on it.

As I said before it is coming down to viewpoint on what access to a Western country provided by a visa is. A "right" of sorts attaching to a person that should not be taken away because that would be wrong unless they themselves did something to deserve punishment/have it denied them, or a "privilege" or gift given out by the state to some citizens of another which can be removed or denied for other reasons (in this case to punish that state and/or for our own protection from that state)?

Am I right in saying that NATO's fear of getting involved is the expenentiol escalation of the war, and it potentially going nuclear?

Right, so if Russia invaded Estonia say, which triggers NATO's involvement, how is it any different? Sh!t's going down either way.

So the west is just going to sit back and let Ukraine get annihilated because Putin plays the nuclear card?

Call a spade a spade. It boils down to the west accepting that Ukraine is going to get fooked for the sake of appeasing this headbanger again.

They'll never be forgiven. Just ask the people of Dresden today 80 years after their innocent civilians were mass murdered in a firebombing by the Brits and Americans.

EU parliament votes for tougher response against Russia

637 voted "for"

13 voted "against" (including Mick Wallace and Clare Daly)

26 abstained.

https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/headlines/security/20220228STO24214/ukraine-parliament-calls-for-tougher-sanctions-against-russia

Looks like a crackdown taking place in Moscow. Independent TV Rain and radio Echo of Moscow taken off the air.

What an embarrassment those two specimens are.

Are you trying to suggest that he would be better off trusting Putin???

if the Russians attack Ireland at least we have Clare Daly and Mick Wallace to use as interlocutors

It's about sticking to the 'rules of engagement' and not giving him an excuse to (further) up the ante.

I do wonder why there has been a sudden increase in larger missile use by the Russians the last couple of days.

As mentioned before, when the yanks go on a crusade, it's usually a few weeks of missiles, take out all the key points and then they send the troops in. Russia have sent the troops in, they came to slow down and then they went to middle route.

Are the missiles to raise low morale? Are they finding it difficult to get the troops to go into battle areas?

They are going bigger with the strikes on Kharkiv. 6 days in and they are still on the outskirts of a City that's 30km from the border. There's no supply issues in Kharkiv. They launching missiles at random spots in the city. Wierd.

The 40km convoy is an interesting one. Theres something not right about it. Surely that wasn't the plan? As mentioned on twitter, it's cold out there, they are using fuel/batteries to heat themselves up, running low on food. If they are having supply issues today, it will be worse tomorrow.

If the Belarus troops go in that will be an act of panic. That would have always been a last resort measure. Lukashenko doesn't have the dominance in Belarus that Putin has. A War on Ukraine, sending their troops in to die just to keep Vlad happy. Even his own public support would be questioning that type of stuff. All out sanctions on them and they would suffer too.

I'm dismayed to see that the plan to give Ukraine fighter jets from countries across the EU has fallen apart. What chance do the Ukrainians have when this kind of nonsense is going on. What is it going to take for the EU to help the Ukraine in a meaningful way. Putin will kill millions if allowed will Europe just watch on from the sidelines say its awful etc.

The two wallies Wallace and Daly should be shunned by the country or fecked off to Moscow to live under Putin.

Don't believe everything that is being spouted online.

I am 100% sure there are "Private Contractors" on the ground being paid for directly by western countries and have likely been there for a number of months. I am sure the statements that have been made are purely for optics.