Well comparing Russia to Malta is kind of absurd though.
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The Yugoslavians didn't have nukes.
Let's face it, that's the only reason why Moscow hasn't been flattened and Putin dead.
Much as I am 99% sure he wouldn't use them, he's got enough of a threat in that 1% to make sure we don't intervene militarily. Shit as it is.
It doesn't really matter what justification NATO members would use if the other side lobs nukes does it?
WIthout nukes, why do you think that the West would have a war with Russia, while they did nothing in Serbia for 4+ years?
Because the chance to take out Russia like this only comes around once in a blue moon. They're the old foe.
Serbia was a regional conflict. Awful as the Balkan war was it's not the same scale of importance to NATO higher ups I'd imagine.
You already see it in how much we've sent to Ukraine to effectively fight for us.
Take Russia out? Who wanted that? Europe wanted to finish Nord Stream 2 and keep investing in Russia. There are still many in Europe who want to end the war and get back into business. Do you really think Scholz would be willing to attack Russia? I can't see it.
Civil war is a war within a country
A war is when it’s between two ethnicities (ie Russia and Ukraine)
If multiple nations get involved ( ie nato v Russia) it would in theory become a world war (ie it became a world war when Germany invaded Poland, then France , Belgium, Holland etc despite it only being one aggressor)
A WW is fought around the world. WW2 Was fought on all continents (except Antarctica, and the Americas saw only very few attacks or naval battles). A war about Ukraine still is just a regional thing as long as no ither fronts are opened.
There were several countries involved in the invasion of Iraq and that wasn't considered a World War. To be honest all this talk of WW3 in relation to the Russian invasion of Ukraine has puzzled me, unless China got involved (either in europe or in relation to Taiwan) then it wouldn't really be a World War.
how the turntablesThis can't be seriously official government position, can it? Without a source sounds like someone drunk and frustrated made that proposal.
How the feck can they guarantee the safety of Russian ships that are firing missiles at them?
What planet does this fool live on.
They have nukes.
OK, so Nato planes then. What could go wrong.
So you're saying that a war that involves a nuclear power is a world war?
What's Erdogans angle in this? Can't help but feel he isn't doing this to make the world a better place.
Making Turkey a regional power-breaker and essentially increasing Turkey’s influence in the region.
They have a very powerful geographic position, controlling the key straight between Russia and the oceans at winter (so Russia have to keep them on side), and being the bridging point between Africa and Europe (so Europe has to keep them on side)
I imagine they want to exploit their influence in Europe, Asia and fast-growing Africa and avert a huge migration crisis from Africa to Turkey.
World War or nuclear war, however you call it it doesn't sound good.
Are you saying it won't be?
Are you saying I'm saying it won't be?
I doubt anyone expected 2 things…
1) the Russian Air Force to be almost a complete non-factor
2) Russian logistics to be run on a 3rd grade reading level
She doesn’t half waffle some utter bollocks. “Will we win?” - proceeds to drone on and on incoherently.
Can't say I'm not intrigued by the idea of chimps throwing bananas at her.
I could only make it through 3 minutes of that. What a load of tripe. It's interesting though that she is/they are so ideologically bankrupt that their increasing justification for war is a hatred for Western liberal values but they have nothing else to offer apart from a disgust toward the West.
You think back to communism or you think of different religious ideologies that sustain people and there is something there that unites people, but they've got nothing to offer.
Okay. I guess we can solve that issue by making sure she puts money where her mouth is.
Someone should drag Simonyan's ass to the recruitment office, have her signing the enlistment papers and reporting to military camp in 24 hours.
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That's exactly what I was thinking! During the USSR era they were claiming to lead people to the egalitarian paradise. Okay, that was a lie, too ... but today they have absolutely nothing to offer. Even these anti-western sentiments are lies, the Russians did not kick McDonald's out of Russia, it was McDonald's that left Russia.
This TV represents the Russian State, and the Russian State lies all the time. Not intricate lies either, it is just stupid, obvious lies. At first they said they want to eliminate the "nazis" from Ukraine. Now it is a giant struggle vs the whole West. Meaningless bullshit, it is just lies, nothing else. Twelve months ago the average Russian did not have anything against the West (or Ukraine for that matter).
Patton was right. The western allies should have kept going after they got to the river Elbe, right into Moscow.