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western military a paper tiger?

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  • #52
    Jawgap
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,297 ✭✭✭✭Jawgap


    woodrow wyatt wrote: »
    Western advisers in ukraine have consistently been bettered by russian advisers in in this conflict.
    If western troops get involved officially expect russian support to go from covert to overt, imagine what the rebels could achieve armed to the teeth with top of the range weapons.

    Yeah, except Russia doesn't have top of the range weapons.


  • #53
    woodrow wyatt
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 109 ✭✭woodrow wyatt


    Jawgap wrote: »
    Yeah, except Russia doesn't have top of the range weapons.

    Well their second string weapons the rebels have are doing a fine job at the moment are they not?


  • #54
    woodrow wyatt
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 109 ✭✭woodrow wyatt


    Jawgap wrote: »
    Banks needing recapitalisation to the tune of about $20 billion

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    Is that all?
    Peanuts compared to the state of banks in the euro zone.


  • #55
    Jawgap
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,297 ✭✭✭✭Jawgap


    woodrow wyatt wrote: »
    Well their second string weapons the rebels have are doing a fine job at the moment are they not?

    Yes, because they have been able to operate in a benign environment. If NATO threw even a fraction of their air assets at the situation the 'little green men' would be reduced to hit and run. They certainly wouldn't be trundling around in tanks and any artillery fire missions would be of the 'shoot and scoot' type.


  • #56
    IrishTrajan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,703 ✭✭✭IrishTrajan


    woodrow wyatt wrote: »
    Well their second string weapons the rebels have are doing a fine job at the moment are they not?

    Only because the Ukrainians have rusted Soviet-era equipment. Of course the Russians are going to win when they know exactly what equipment is being used by their opponents.

    Also, it's not "Russian advisors" on the ground... The Commanders all have ties to the Kremlin officially, from military pasts.


  • #57
    IrishTrajan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,703 ✭✭✭IrishTrajan


    woodrow wyatt wrote: »
    Is that all?
    Peanuts compared to the state of banks in the euro zone.

    The Russian economy is $2 trillion. The E.U. is $18.5 trillion. The E.U. also has an ability to trade and acquire more reserves. Russia's access to financial and commercial markets is heavily restricted.

    Please refrain from making uneducated assumptions.


  • #58
    Jawgap
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,297 ✭✭✭✭Jawgap


    woodrow wyatt wrote: »
    Is that all?
    Peanuts compared to the state of banks in the euro zone.

    You really need to go do some reading - the Eurozone banks had to be recapitalised for different reasons. The Russian banks have had to be recapitalised because capital is fleeing the country - if people thought Russia was a good bet, they'd be pouring money into it, not withdrawing it and moving it outside the country.


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