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This is going so appalling badly for the little príck that its growing quite likely that all they'll have left to defend Russia itself is the threat of a nuke. They won't have any long range missiles and very little artillery left. And even if they do they won't have an army to operate it. The americans must be laughing up their sleeve. So far they've spent a pittance sending equipment they were trying to retire anyway bar maybe the himars and have seen the imminent collapse of their long time foe as a threat on the world stage. Apart from some online trolling, Russia won't be able to project power anywhere in the world for the next 20yrs. Old Vlad the great turns out to be Vlad the plike.

Properly managed, Russia is a very wealthy Country, I'm sure it can afford the reparations. A few hundred billion (or even a round trillion) will cover the cost nicely. But if it takes more, then it takes more. Russia is liable for every cent of repairing the destruction they have caused, and that will include medical issues looking ahead.

You don't need a good memory if there is no such thing as truth

These OAPs should not get too cocky. In Syria, I saw plenty of OAP's on duty at checkpoints, mostly in "quiet" places, but still they carried AK47's to defend themselves in case their checkpoint was hit.

That works fine in a Country like Russia, a system based on lies, but that won't cut the mustard when dealing with Country's who have standards where the truth is concerned.

Yea I see quite a few conflicting positions on this, I did see that many in Ukraine are buying and funding these themselves.

Elon is claiming this is actually costing SpaceX 20 million a month to fund, but then thats what Elon is claiming, so pinch of salt needed their.

If it is costing spaceX several million a month then I think its reasonable that they shouldn't have to pick up the tab on this.

However the timing along with Elons twitter rants, and pro-russian diplomacy ideas, is very suspicious.

For me it's how this situation is being handled essentially on twitter,and very much publicly,and after the sudden geofencing of the starlinks in Ukraine,

Billions have been spent on ukraine but he waits till after he's a chat with putin and promoting Putins plan ,

Suddenly geofencing and demanding payment from the US ,it's very suspicious.

Surly if he needed paying he could have easily gone to the US government directly and talked , rather than throwing his toys out of the pram on twitter

He claims starlink is loosing money...

He also thinks that the pentagon should pick up the tab for the costs.

But I would agree with Gatling about this all being suspicious with the timing. And he just doesn't seem to be able to stop with all the twitter stuff.

He claims that he is still on the side of Ukraine, which if true he should stick to what he knows, and stop trying to think he is some kind of diplomat, and playing politics about something he seems to know little about.

p.s this guys analysis is also pretty good, was wondering why the attack from the western side of Kherson was 'stalled' these past couple of weeks, but a pretty good explanation of the Ukrainian Army waiting for their chess pieces on the board to line up before announcing 'Check Mate'

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Ah, fantastic. You must come on one of our trips to various airshows and airports next year. I'm looking at going to Duxford in February. Its the best time to go, as they are still maintaining the aircraft in the hangers.

My brother lives next door to RAF Fairford apparently the place is hopping at the moment.

There are major nuclear exercises being conducted out if there next week. I'd give my left arm to be camped out at the embankment ( you know the spot) next week. Its going to be seriously busy.

Not just Europe's war, but possibly NATO's too if you listen to the words coming out of the mouth of people like Jens Stoltenberg etc.

Here are some very interesting interviews with Scott Ritter, and his take on the state of play currently. For anyone who isn't familiar with the name, Ritter is a former US marine corps intelligence officer and UN weapons inspector who helped to expose the lies about WMD's in Iraq. So, I'll let people decide for themselves if they think he might be a voice worth listening to on this conflict.

Interestingly, at that time, a certain US senator by the name of Joseph Biden, actually attempted to mock Ritter for the vital information he was providing. In fact, Biden even wanted to have those senate hearings cancelled. But thankfully, the world got to hear his voice. It was around that time, that terms such as "manufacturing consent" came more into the public consciousness. Ritter knows a lot about the big politics around these issues and much of the inner machinations of the military industrial complex.

Here's a slightly older one, but goes into more depth around some of these issues. Really fascinating guy to listen to, considering his experience and knowledge on the subject matter.

This Scott Ritter?