Russia-Ukraine War (continuing)

You are talking about the Anglo-Irish treaty of 1921, right?

The one where Ireland had to accept the King of England was the head of the Irish state, that Ireland was part of the British Empire? That all elected representatives of the Irish people had to swear an oath of loyalty to the English King? That the British military would continue to occupy military bases in Ireland? That the island would be partitioned? That the Irish state would continue to pay for the debts of the British state - including the pensions of the British armed forces that occupied Ireland? Which stated that any Irish law would be subservient to the terms of the treaty?

Whatever terms are imposed on Ukraine it is unlikely that they will be required to recognise Putin as their head of state, that Ukraine is part of Russia, or that their elected representatives must swear loyalty to Putin, or that Ukraine must take on the debts of Russia. The Anglo-Irish treaty was incredibly brutal in its terms. Arguably, it locked in a nominal British victory in which Ireland remained under the British crown and empire. And yet Irish patriots with the best interests of the Irish people in mind recognised that it was the best option for Irish interests. It conceded mostly ceremonial aspects such as the head of state, and an oath which even Dev later dismissed as mere words and in exchange granted real tools to establish de-facto and by extension de-jure independence.

This is what baffles me about the unrealistic warmongering in Ireland particularly. We should know better. We know what it is to live alongside a neighbour that is vastly stronger than we are. And yet we demand the Ukrainians die to the last person, when we know from our own experience.

Ukraine needs to adapt to life without the US directly, but through EU, AND NATO they can still obtain all they need from US

Always funny how it's called 'warmongering' when people generally just want Ukraine to be allowed to defend itself against an unprovoked invasion.

Why do these same people never demand that Russia just pulls out of Ukraine, but always demand that Ukraine has to give up territory and their ability to defend themselves from future aggression ?

Rhetorical, I know.

BBC report on the former Reform UK Welsh leader Nathan Gill Russian bribe case is on now. An ex Yanukovych era politician in Ukraine, Oleg Voloshin was involved. A woman close to Voloshin was photographed with Nigel Farage. Farage denies knowing what was going on.

Also report on Belgian MEPs receiving cash payments in return for positive statements about Russia. Exiled Ukrainian pro Russian oligarch, Victor Medvedchuk, is said to be behind it. Putin is the godfather of one of his children.

Appeasement may have been in the history books but geography wasn't on the curriculum if you think Sudetenland had any proximity to the Alps, there were also no defences there given that over 90% of the population was native German

The Bohemian Forest (Šumava) in the Sudetenland is partly Alpine. But the Czech border defences were now in German hands with the ceding of the region to Germany, and it did not bring peace it just whetted Hitlers appetite and belief noone would stand in his way.

The fact that 90% of the population were ethnic Germans does not alter the fact that it had never been part of Imperial Germany. It was part of the Kingdom of Bohemia which was part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire before WW1.

Sir Ben Wallace, former Defence Secretary of the UK, says that for the first time in his lifetime, Europe is about to outspend the United States on military equipment (3 minutes in).

MAGA = Morons are Governing America.

No. Ireland didn't have to give up what was never under it's rule. Ukraine was twenty years as an independent, unified nation before the Ruzzian demands began. It's as if Britain started demanding Donegal, Cavan and Monaghan because they're part of Ulster.

It's not clear to me that Ukraine will be able to survive if American support is completely withdrawn at short notice.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy struck a defiant note on Saturday as the country commemorated the “great famine” that Soviet leader Josef Stalin imposed on Ukraine in the early 1930s, which led to millions of deaths.

“We all know how and why millions of our people died, starved to death, and millions were never born. And we are once again defending ourselves against Russia, which has not changed and is once again bringing death,” Zelenskyy said in a post on Telegram marking Holodomor Memorial Day.

“We defended, defend, and will always defend Ukraine. Because only here is our home. And in our home, Russia will definitely not be the master,” Zelenskyy added.