Will Russia invade the Ukraine?

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Will Russia invade the Ukraine

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Re: Will Russia invade the Ukraine?

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Potter wrote: Tue Mar 01, 2022 12:42 pm
The entire cabinet need to be based in a war zone for six months, then when they're shaking like a shitting dog from PTSD they'll think twice about pushing a lunatic with nuclear weapons over the edge.
That! ^

In fact EVERY time ANY government is threatening war or doing stuff that could provoke war they should be placed in harms way so they know what it feels like. And all children of said government ministers should be subject to immediate conscription.
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Re: Will Russia invade the Ukraine?

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Will nobody think of the meerkats..?
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-60557073
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Re: Will Russia invade the Ukraine?

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Cousin Jack wrote: Tue Mar 01, 2022 2:02 pm
Potter wrote: Tue Mar 01, 2022 12:42 pm
The entire cabinet need to be based in a war zone for six months, then when they're shaking like a shitting dog from PTSD they'll think twice about pushing a lunatic with nuclear weapons over the edge.
That! ^

In fact EVERY time ANY government is threatening war or doing stuff that could provoke war they should be placed in harms way so they know what it feels like. And all children of said government ministers should be subject to immediate conscription.
Bollox.

International disputes should be settled by world-leader cage-fighting. remove all innocent bystanders (and I include the armed forces in that), and let them slug it out mano-a-mano.
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Re: Will Russia invade the Ukraine?

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Rockburner wrote: Tue Mar 01, 2022 3:08 pm te]

Bollox.

International disputes should be settled by world-leader cage-fighting. remove all innocent bystanders (and I include the armed forces in that), and let them slug it out mano-a-mano.
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No Brexit bollox - Boris would have got his arse handed to him by Ursula 8-)
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Re: Will Russia invade the Ukraine?

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Rockburner wrote: Tue Mar 01, 2022 3:08 pm
Cousin Jack wrote: Tue Mar 01, 2022 2:02 pm
Potter wrote: Tue Mar 01, 2022 12:42 pm
The entire cabinet need to be based in a war zone for six months, then when they're shaking like a shitting dog from PTSD they'll think twice about pushing a lunatic with nuclear weapons over the edge.
That! ^

In fact EVERY time ANY government is threatening war or doing stuff that could provoke war they should be placed in harms way so they know what it feels like. And all children of said government ministers should be subject to immediate conscription.
Bollox.

International disputes should be settled by world-leader cage-fighting. remove all innocent bystanders (and I include the armed forces in that), and let them slug it out mano-a-mano.
Double bollox.

Should be British Bulldog. Fact.
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Rockburner wrote: Tue Mar 01, 2022 3:08 pm
Cousin Jack wrote: Tue Mar 01, 2022 2:02 pm
Potter wrote: Tue Mar 01, 2022 12:42 pm
The entire cabinet need to be based in a war zone for six months, then when they're shaking like a shitting dog from PTSD they'll think twice about pushing a lunatic with nuclear weapons over the edge.
That! ^

In fact EVERY time ANY government is threatening war or doing stuff that could provoke war they should be placed in harms way so they know what it feels like. And all children of said government ministers should be subject to immediate conscription.
Bollox.

International disputes should be settled by world-leader cage-fighting. remove all innocent bystanders (and I include the armed forces in that), and let them slug it out mano-a-mano.
Putin would def win that one.
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irie wrote: Tue Mar 01, 2022 3:12 pm
Rockburner wrote: Tue Mar 01, 2022 3:08 pm
Cousin Jack wrote: Tue Mar 01, 2022 2:02 pm

That! ^

In fact EVERY time ANY government is threatening war or doing stuff that could provoke war they should be placed in harms way so they know what it feels like. And all children of said government ministers should be subject to immediate conscription.
Bollox.

International disputes should be settled by world-leader cage-fighting. remove all innocent bystanders (and I include the armed forces in that), and let them slug it out mano-a-mano.
Double bollox.

Should be British Bulldog. Fact.
A team game? I'd go for tagging in, but Bulldog is too [S]formalised[/S] sorry, I meant civilised.
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Surely this question is only relevant if it was in single digits. It's a bit like asking is 3,898 bullets enough to shot yourself point blank in the face with.


How many nuclear weapons does Russia have?
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Rockburner wrote: Tue Mar 01, 2022 3:08 pm
Cousin Jack wrote: Tue Mar 01, 2022 2:02 pm
Potter wrote: Tue Mar 01, 2022 12:42 pm
The entire cabinet need to be based in a war zone for six months, then when they're shaking like a shitting dog from PTSD they'll think twice about pushing a lunatic with nuclear weapons over the edge.
That! ^

In fact EVERY time ANY government is threatening war or doing stuff that could provoke war they should be placed in harms way so they know what it feels like. And all children of said government ministers should be subject to immediate conscription.
Bollox.

International disputes should be settled by world-leader cage-fighting. remove all innocent bystanders (and I include the armed forces in that), and let them slug it out mano-a-mano.
I reckon the Mayor of Kiev might be up for that.
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So, we chose leaders that are physically tough.

Like that Putin chap, not like fatty Boris.

Can anyone see a problem with this?
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Rockburner wrote: Tue Mar 01, 2022 3:15 pm
irie wrote: Tue Mar 01, 2022 3:12 pm
Rockburner wrote: Tue Mar 01, 2022 3:08 pm
Bollox.

International disputes should be settled by world-leader cage-fighting. remove all innocent bystanders (and I include the armed forces in that), and let them slug it out mano-a-mano.
Double bollox.

Should be British Bulldog. Fact.
A team game? I'd go for tagging in, but Bulldog is too [S]formalised[/S] sorry, I meant civilised.
Wasn't civilised when I used to play it. Wasn't tag, it was whichever if the two opposing teams could get a team member to the opposite end of the room by any means whatever were the winners. :lol:
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So Putin may be a conniving, ruthless leader - but by fuck, he is a very boring author ...
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Mr Moofo wrote: Tue Mar 01, 2022 5:14 pm So Putin may be a conniving, ruthless leader - but by fuck, he is a very boring author ...
A very boring author who's lost the plot.

Seems that he holds meetings with himself at one end and the other parties at the other end of a very long table due to his pathological fear of contracting Covid.

I think his days are numbered.

We're away from 4th to 13th March in the Dolomites and I'll be surprised if Putin is still there when we return. Or at least, he might still be in his nuclear bunker sanctuary (in Siberia I think?) with his family, but power will be in the hands of others in the Kremlin.

Paradoxically, I think the huge armoured convoy to the north of Kyiv will prove to be his 'Waterloo.

We shall see.

Edit: Siberia
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Post by Mussels »

I see Russia is shutting down independent news outlets and bringing in a 15 year prison sentence for anyone that calls it a war or invasion.
I did like the Russian press release that was released by mistake a few days ago, congratulating Putin on a swift victory liberating Ukraine.
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irie wrote: Tue Mar 01, 2022 7:56 pm
Mr Moofo wrote: Tue Mar 01, 2022 5:14 pm So Putin may be a conniving, ruthless leader - but by fuck, he is a very boring author ...
A very boring author who's lost the plot.

Seems that he holds meetings with himself at one end and the other parties at the other end of a very long table due to his pathological fear of contracting Covid.

I think his days are numbered.

We're away from 4th to 13th March in the Dolomites and I'll be surprised if Putin is still there when we return. Or at least, he might still be in his nuclear bunker sanctuary (in Siberia I think?) with his family, but power will be in the hands of others in the Kremlin.

Paradoxically, I think the huge armoured convoy to the north of Kyiv will prove to be his 'Waterloo.

We shall see.

Edit: Siberia
I think he is a man who has lost his marbles, surrounded himself ( at the end of long tables) by sycophants and henchmen. I just wonder what needs to be the trigger for them to turn. Live by the sword / die by the sword.

There is a general feeling that Putin has some serious health issues that a driving a slightly demented vision of himself
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Diane Abbott wrote: "I mean, one of the things that Putin has got wrong is he seemed to think that his tanks could roll into Croatia."
https://www.express.co.uk/news/politic ... -latest-vn

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JackyJoll wrote: Tue Mar 01, 2022 11:11 pm
Diane Abbott wrote: "I mean, one of the things that Putin has got wrong is he seemed to think that his tanks could roll into Croatia."
https://www.express.co.uk/news/politic ... -latest-vn

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JackyJoll wrote: Tue Mar 01, 2022 11:11 pm
Diane Abbott wrote: "I mean, one of the things that Putin has got wrong is he seemed to think that his tanks could roll into Croatia."
https://www.express.co.uk/news/politic ... -latest-vn

She's a complete embarrassment. Not only Croatia (as if Croatia has been headline news for weeks) but 'Eastern provinces'. She wasn't corrected over that one.

Why the fuck do the media put her in front of the cameras - to embarrass her?
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Yambo wrote: Wed Mar 02, 2022 8:15 am
JackyJoll wrote: Tue Mar 01, 2022 11:11 pm
Diane Abbott wrote: "I mean, one of the things that Putin has got wrong is he seemed to think that his tanks could roll into Croatia."
https://www.express.co.uk/news/politic ... -latest-vn

She's a complete embarrassment. Not only Croatia (as if Croatia has been headline news for weeks) but 'Eastern provinces'. She wasn't corrected over that one.

Why the fuck do the media put her in front of the cameras - to embarrass her?
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