Yeah the green message is nothing but a box tick
"A large number of tanks and armored personnel carriers are transported on Estonian roads to the border with Russia"
They likely won't arrive home to the same fanfare
And as our ship pulled into Circular Quay
I looked at the place where me legs used to be
And thanked Christ there was nobody waiting for me
To grieve, to mourn, and to pity
But the band played Waltzing Matilda
As they carried us down the gangway
But nobody cheered, they just stood and stared
Then they turned all their faces away
Peterson would blame an asteroid strike on wokeness. It's his whole schtick.
Europe got hooked on Russian gas because it was cheap and seemingly reliable. There's not much more to it.
Believe me, cnockbui, being an ethnic Russian ( or ethnic Russian supporter ) in that part of the world is not really a good idea.......People are under the mistaken impression that everyone who lives in Russia is actually "Russian" , and indeed while citizens from all the republics have a Russian passport, ethnic Russians are not popular everywhere, and especially in the Caucasus region.
Just an absolute great song, heard Liam Clancys version a couple of years ago. Might put it in now.
Being interviewed by Piers Corbyn too, who has the exact same schtick.
Jordan Peterson is not on the level when he talks about Russia. This is a man who has spent extensive periods in both Russia and its ally Serbia (seeking treatment for issues that can't have been helped by going on a quack diet recommended by his daughter). He's basically no different to the posters who show up in this thread trying to shift the blame on to everyone else, apart from Russia, for this conflict.
My favorite version Tom Waits - Tom Traubert's Blues (Four Sheets to the Wind in Copenhagen) - YouTube
The main msg seems to be " Don't antagonize the population.....at all costs." And then the usual who is to blame part, and the recommendation that anyone "abusing" the call up procedures ( IE trying to achieve their call up quotas, by fair means or foul) be sent directly to the front lines. They are going round in ever decreasing regulatory circle's, until they will eventually vanish up their own asse's.
And that my friend, could well be the very last thing they ever did....🙂
Russia's Medvedev raises spectre of nuclear strike on Ukraine
https://www.breakingnews.ie/ukraine/update-1-russias-medvedev-raises-spectre-of-nuclear-strike-on-ukraine-1368965.html
Taken from that article, basically they think that Russia using Nuclear weapons in Ukraine will not result in a retaliatory strike from the NATO
I think the most concerning thing here aside from the fact that a nuclear weapon could be used is the fact that , if that were to happen (A Nuclear Power uses WMD against a non-Nuclear Power) it could result in a huge number of countries attempting to develop Nuclear weapons.
Russia knows now it cannot win in the Ukraine in a conventional sense, their backs are to the wall. I think the only hope now of this ending "without incident" (term used lightly) is for Putin to be removed. Very few Russian leaders have voluntarily taken the retirement package.
How about you be the one to try and convince the Ukrainians to give up and hand over large chunks of their country. Which 6 Irish counties do you want me to nominate to be handed over to Russia? I'll, start with Dublin and Wicklow. I'm sure they would hapiily take them as an alternative. You want peace so much, it's only appropriate you pay the price rather than suggest others pay it for you.
As previously reported...
it is looking more and more like deliberate damage. Who would gain the most? Russia can now plead innocence whenever Europe accuses Moscow of energy blackmail, just adding that side note myself.
Agreed. All too polished and professional, seems more like it was made for TV propaganda.
I think he's a modern day dandy.
There's a whiff of self-inventiveness about him.
I do not think "The West should stand by and do nothing"
Russia is effectively a borderline criminal syndicate at this point, it is very corrupt from the ground up to the very top.
The Russian people are not evil, but the government/organization that runs their country certainly is. And Evil must be opposed otherwise it will spread
He is ok when he is within his own professional bounds but now he has got the bit between his teeth and he's running too fast.
Fine, they can have Ireland. Good call.
Estonia moving tanks to the border is concerning.
Absolutely. Huge moment for Putin. I fear he's backed himself into a corner and the hawks who are desperate for him to be more forceful with the west are watching him for any weakness.
Interesting times.
There are recent posts where Biden has stated beyond a reasonable doubt that he will support both Taiwan and Ukraine, and said that Putin should put it out of his mind completely about using nukes or chemical weapons in Ukraine. Furthermore, one of the state department spokesperson's went even further in his description of what would happen if Putin went nuclear, basically the US would destroy most of Russians military in Ukraine, and in a matter of days. I'd say for all his talk, Medvedev is fully aware of what will happen if he actually does use Nukes.
NATO/ US wouldn't have to use nuclear weapons in response to create an equivalent amount of destruction straight back at Russia. I'd predict a massive conventional attack on military sites with a couple of small and remote nuclear attacks just to make the point that they are not scared to use them in response. Both as a warning to Russia and anyone else watching who has nuclear weapons and is thinking of invading somewhere.
If Russia uses nuclear weapons then the US has to respond in kind, even if not matching the type of target. If the US doesn't use their weapons in that scenario then their entire point of having them is destroyed as any other opponent will then not be scared of the size and range of the US weapons.
A nasty nasty man. Wouldn't be surprised if he's the one sharpening the knives to oust Putin despite their buddy buddy persona.
You are wrong. Gas bought from the Russians has long been considered environmentally positive as it's seen as far greener than coal or oil. It also has the benefit of being good for load following so you ca pile on stupid amounts of renewables, and when they fail, you just spin up your gas turbines. So overall gas is considered green, which you sould know since it's one of the technologices considered green by the EU and so qualifies for investment funds. At the same time the EU announced this, anti nuclear mongs were screaming that nuclear shouldn't have been included in the list of approved green technologies, even though it has done more to reduce CO2 emissions than all of Europes renewables put together.
Even the Australian’s are here
Renewables are utterly hopeless.
In fairness, the US would gain the most from NS1+2 being out of action, seeing as they are making money hand over fist selling us LNG.
Russia is screwed without EU money for pipeline gas, so why would they bomb their own pipeline? Taking out NS just means that the energy blackmails no longer work, as there is now 0% chance of normalising* relations in exchange for much needed energy, whereas before NS was hit there was a <1% chance.
Sure hope you guys are right regarding the nukes are/will not be used.
It is amazing that post Gorbachev and the fall of the Berlin wall that the west did not extend the olive branch to Russia. If they had, and overseen a strong democracy come into place, all this could have been avoided. It's still blows my mind that this is actually happening in the here and now.
OMG, to think that awful cacophony will be the last approximation of music those walking fertiliser sacks will ever hear. The sheer cruelty of Putin's regime is awful.
That's the thing.
Medvedev has to know this; they cannot expect to do this and expect nothing back.
If anything what I took from what he said was basically to say was any of the west's support for Ukraine worthwhile, when no one cares about it?
He can yammer on about the nukes all he wants, but the most dangerous people I've ever encountered very rarely if ever went on about how dangerous they were. They didn't need to.
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