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Not yet but he may very need to careful going forward if he starts to alienate and remove people from office for stuff that wouldn't be even considered a criticism,

Previous American administrations have been calling out nato partners for not contributing their fate share to nato defence spending, what Trump said was not new.

I do agree that nato should have armed Ukraine to teeth once russia invaded. Part of me suspects dragging this war out is actually an agreed upon strategy to collapse russia as a global threat.

"At first, slowly, then suddenly"

...and the polish territories in the east gifted to belarus and ukraine? were they a gift as well? my grandmother in-law who is still alive was born in the polish city of lwow which is today lviv. the city was ethnically cleansed of poles.

putin is full of ****

Assuming that was the reason... I don't know, seems overblown? Or maybe I'm missing something?

He's been very good at getting Ukraine's message across in interviews to the British public etc...

You don't want to be firing any and everyone who questions you either. I don't think he was wrong in what he said.

Yeah, there are a few powers that could make that happen here - including Russia, still.

It's not 1942 and it's not over Political Correctness. It's over Mutually Assured Destruction.

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There's been quite a few times over the last 125 years or so you could have said that :)

They do seem to have a high baseline of 'crazy' when it comes to politics.

Sure does now.

"Those whom the gods would destroy.... " and all that.

Didn't Marx also predict they would collapse under the weight of their own contradictions?

I watched a interview with Putin today and he seemed to be hanging onto the table for dear life.

With some of these comments today and the exercises in the black sea i do wonder if he's completely losing his mind.

He is a pathetic old rat ****, his actions and words suggest a man who has lost touch with reality, hopefully not long until he is liquidated, though I would like to see him caged and humiliated.

Why is this still only being discussed?

Vast swathes of the occupied south of Ukraine are almost entirely out of range for Ukraine. As of this moment, Russia has 10x the capability to bomb Odesa than Ukraine has to bomb airfields and ports in Crimea. Planes, drones, helicopters, missiles have continued to destroy Ukrainian infrastructure for months now. Ukraine can only respond with a fraction of what is thrown at it.

The ability to hit the Russian fleet at Sevastopol and the air bases in Crimea would hugely reduce the ability of the Russians to launch drones and missiles in the first place. The obvious solution is to remove the threat at source. The current threat occupies Ukrainian territory - it's fair game.

The whole thing is a joke. The west spent 6 months arguing amongst itself about sending Leopards to Ukraine. Now they are there, no one gives a ****. We're arguing a year about sending ATACMS. I think it will come, eventually. But unfortunately long after it should have. Just like with Leopard, the supposed fear of escalation with the Russians. It will prove to be inconsequential.

What's the delay?

Sending ATACMS is a just response to the Odessa grain facility attach.

Worry here is longer range gives more time to intercept US only has 4k, not making anymore replacing them with PRSM in 2025

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