Russian warship, go f**k yourself!

Slovakia doing sterling work, sent Ukraine S300 air defenses and now artillery. Germany remains afraid of it's own shadow.

https://twitter.com/UkrWarReport/status/1512506863098683407?s=20&t=wOskFDlkWD_fh3iYPSOzjA

FarmGate podcast had some interesting lines lately about the power of those who set the agenda/question, so I won't be walking through that door.

The balance is between winning this war now relatively cheaply, versus fighting more expensive and more dangerous wars with putrid later.

Stop closing f'kn nuclear plants for a start. That will at least dampen the severity of a russian fossil fuel boycott.

Sure, business will suffer, people will lose jobs, there may well be a recession or depression. It's worth the cost today as opposed to the cost of this war plus future ones. But this is people, I'm all for X as long as I'm not affected. Isn't it terrible but sure we'll do **** all.

Who said it was simple? War demands sacrifices. We're getting off very lightly.

putrid could well live into his 90's as Mugabe did. Does anyone think he'll become less bitter or less risk averse with others lives as he ages?

Should he be able to create some type of victory in Ukraine it'll strengthen his control over russia. At some point he will attack NATO, and my €'s are on invasion of the Baltic states. With his virtual annexation of belarus he has just 65km to cover the Suwalki Gap between belarus and kalliningrad and he closes the only land access to those three NATO members. With their size he can overrun them quickly, they cannot do defense in depth as Ukraine can.

That will put pressure on NATO to put up or shut up about Article 5. The question will be raised are the Baltics worth defending? Then we're faced with WW3 proper, OR, disintegration of NATO in the face of russian aggression, and Poland will be next on the menu.

What do we think will happen to the funding of the industry this forum is concerned with then? Or the state of public finances in this country or the EU itself?

Sanctions certainly help, but this war will be won on the battlefield. From my cushy, privileged position on the fringe of Western Europe I am prepared to endure economic hardships to help Ukraine defeat putrid. His defeat and hopefully removal will strengthen peace in Europe, on the cheap compared to the alternative.

I won't be looking for studies into it. It has to be done, there are things in life we just have to go directly through. Germany demanded plenty from other EU nations during the recession and are now unwilling to make sacrifices themselves. Even us, I remember at a time selling of entire Greek islands was mooted, so was the sale of a locally famous beach here. I wonder would an oligarch have bought it, probably too cold. The Germans (and western Europeans) were told, repeatedly, by nations that had endured the kind yoke of the Soviet Unions brand of humanity that they were enabling monsters, they didn't listen. They called the tune, now the piper has his hand out.

Ukraine must play the hand they have been dealt. They are doing so very skillfully.

Slogans. Are we talking to Dr Jekyll or Mr Hyde? Posts need an identifier.

In addition to the article below there's a metric fúckton of evidence of non bullshit military and economic support sent east to Ukraine.

Europe, most certainly including Ireland, can and should do much more. This always takes time with democracies, which is infuriating. Dictatorships can always move more quickly, they need consult no one.

It would take less time for democracies if the wooly headed would stop swallowing and regurgitating russian talking points. The aim of russian propaganda of whataboutery isn't to get people to believe something, but to believe nothing, so they do nothing.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-04-09/nations-eye-modern-arms-for-ukraine-as-soviet-era-stocks-dwindle

In philosophy, I'm not sure I should describe it as a saying, but they have a thing "When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth." That's why I said earlier on, that in life there are things we some times just have to go through, there being no better course or short cuts. It's my belief this is one of those things. Where by paying the price now represents more value than the cost in the future. My opinions change when I see better things, thus far I do not.

Of course there will be economic hardship. Those who will be able to adapt will survive, those who cannot will be forced to change.

There's another instrument that could be used regarding russian gas. It was used against Iran as regards their nuclear weapons programme. In short, keep accepting russian gas, but pay for it into escrow accounts rather than to russia. Once whatever conditions have been met the payments can be released to russia. People worry about russia's nukes, and russia turning off the gas. This isn't the road to winning, it's being reactionary.

We don't know what type government might emerge if putrid were to go. That's getting ahead of ourselves, he has to be got rid of first. Don't forget the spectacle he put on TV of humiliating one of his own intelligence* chiefs. Things that appear hard can also be brittle.

Tanyas party and the russian pension...

https://twitter.com/olga_chyzh/status/1512911246957420555?s=20&t=7PUaYEEqMWHHDE8WK9ljOA