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[OFFICIAL] Ukraine Thread
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Originally posted by SueEllen View Post
There is a risk he strolls into a Nato country by accident as the borders between nations aren't set in stone.Originally posted by MaryPoppinsI'd still not breastfeed a naziOriginally posted by vetranUrine is quite nourishingComment
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Originally posted by OwlHoot View PostIf your goals are any or all of to (a) Minimise suffering, (b) Prevent western economies (especially the UK's) going completely tits up, as they are heading already, and (c) Reduce the chance of WW3 breaking out, either accidently or deliberately, then paradoxically the best option would be to stop supplying weapons to Ukraine and let the whole tulip show to play out as quickly as possible.
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I can't see there being any good outcome to this. Many more people are going to die. I don't have much optimism to be honest.Scoots still says that Apr 2020 didn't mark the start of a new stock bull market.Comment
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Originally posted by DealorNoDeal View PostI can't see there being any good outcome to this..
Originally posted by MaryPoppinsI'd still not breastfeed a naziOriginally posted by vetranUrine is quite nourishingComment
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Originally posted by DealorNoDeal View Post
The sanctions would have to be lifted too.Down with racism. Long live miscegenation!Comment
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Originally posted by d000hg View PostNot to mention the economy - right now they're in emergency mode when things like national debt are irrelevant but the moment the immediate threat is removed we surely expect a huge recession in Ukraine? Seems like we're talking a generational impact plunging Ukraine into long-term poverty?
And, sadly, the war is far from over yet.Scoots still says that Apr 2020 didn't mark the start of a new stock bull market.Comment
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Bad luck Whorty
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-61099131
Homes for Ukraine: Don't match female refugees with single men, UN saysOriginally posted by MaryPoppinsI'd still not breastfeed a naziOriginally posted by vetranUrine is quite nourishingComment
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Originally posted by d000hg View PostI am what I drink, and I'm a bitter manComment
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Originally posted by Whorty View Post
I know, saw that this morning and was well peeved! I was hoping to get myself a pretty little blonde girl to replace the one I was dating in Wiltshire ..... bl00dy stupid rulesOriginally posted by MaryPoppinsI'd still not breastfeed a naziOriginally posted by vetranUrine is quite nourishingComment
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Originally posted by OwlHoot View PostAll that kind of thing is what the neocon lunatics in the US are longing to do, having stoked up this whole situation for years now in Ukraine and currently revelling in all the chaos and encouraging more, "fighting Russia to the last Ukrainian" as the saying goes.
If your goals are any or all of to (a) Minimise suffering, (b) Prevent western economies (especially the UK's) going completely tits up, as they are heading already, and (c) Reduce the chance of WW3 breaking out, either accidently or deliberately, then paradoxically the best option would be to stop supplying weapons to Ukraine and let the whole tulip show to play out as quickly as possible.
Putin doesn't have either the manpower, economy, or probably even wish to spread conventional forces all over eastern Europe a la Russians in WW2, and all this type of escalationary talk like yours above is music to the ears of the lunatic neocons in Washington. But if your and their approach was adopted, and Putin felt threatened enough as a result, then who knows what might happen?
The best and only way to limit costs to the world is to provide maximum assitance to Ukraine now so that she could defeat Russian aggression once and for all.
The Western world managed Covid for a very long time, it can surely manage few months of active fighting far away to destroy Russian land army - after that there will be big peace dividend in form of China deciding to wait 30-40 more years before they try to invade Taiwan.
The only reason Ukraine's SoF are not blowing up oil and gas pipelines inside Russia is to keep West happy - if things go south then you can bet your arse that there won't be deliveries of said commodities from Russia, which in any case going to stop soon.
P.S. 50th day of way and Russian Black Sea fleet flagship is out of action - that thing was designed to attack aircraft carrier groups, Ukraine is doing whole of West massive favour by effectively degrading most capable Russian forces, the end game will be removal of nukes from irresponsible country like Russia and the world will be massively better off after that.
IMHO - this is well worth dealing with somewhat higher petrol/diesel prices.Last edited by AtW; 14 April 2022, 13:04.Comment
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