Russia - threadbanned users in OP

this just coming in ...

Germany has adjusted foreign policy due to the pressure of basement warrior reeeeeeee's on social media.

The just announced joint manoeuvers with France and Germany on the Ukrainian border in Romania and Lithuania are going to be a hoot. Do you suppose they will be selling tickets, I feel like a holiday?

I have a cunning plan; Since France is dithering about sending Leclerc tanks, they should just do it as a diplomatic coup. Not having tanks anymore would make these joint manoeuvers less embarrasing as they would now match the Germans in not having tanks, and then maybe they could do something helpful, like get the Germans to all line up in serried rows and teach them how to move forward by alternately putting their left feet forward, followed by their right, all in unison of course. And once they had mastered that skill, they could show them how to fire rifles.

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Go ahead and tell me which part is wrong.

(ps your wprost meme is invalid by now, since Germany has already given the nod to Poland re the leopards)

Eh maybe read the previous posts from the last 2 hours and try to keep up, indeed things have progressed even more since your 2 hour source

Ukraine should sell up, let the USA buy them out . Lets play Putin's game, '' this is now American soil, attack it and you'll be wiped off the face of the earth''

I don't think anyone outside of the Kremlin listens to anything the Kremlin says anymore, don't you?

The Russian emperor has had no clothes since about day 10 of the war. They have their nuclear arsenal, but given the NATO assurance of total destruction of the Russian military, if there is even the sniff of a battlefield nuke, I think we can say thats a bluff called. Besides, given the absolute state of the Russian military machine, I wouldn't want to be the one sitting by a nuclear missile pressing the button to launch, cos I'd say there's a 50/50 chance of it blowing up in the silo and even if that were just the rocket booster, it would leave a big unstable warhead sitting at the bottom of a fiery pit.

Now is the time to double down on the heavy weapon supply to Ukraine. All this inert time is giving Russia far too big an opportunity to reorganise its campaign for Spring, or even sooner. The initiative must be secured for Ukraine, no matter what the Russians try to do.

Poland and Britain and Sweden and Finland are to be commended for their unambiguous intent to send MBTs, they should be supported from across the free world with ammunition, fuel, support vehicles, FOB elements and drones to make them effective.

Talk must also now turn to formulating an air superiority plan to equip Ukraine with the aircraft and ground based air defence systems to completely command the air over the territory that they will regain as the counteroffensive continues into the south and east.

This situation. The leopards.

We are now implicated by Polands decision re; leopard tanks.

If Poland makes certain moves at this point our security is involved.

Your bit about American bases is some weird non-sequitur/digression. Care.

Trump talked about buying Greenland, why not Ukraine, Zelensky should sell, for 1 dollar, have it internationally recognized as US soil. Then fill it to the neck with weapons, sell it back to Ukraine for 1 dollar in 2026

https://english.nv.ua/business/azerbaijan-to-double-gas-supplies-to-europe-taking-gazprom-s-share-50298826.html

Schadenfreude - I'm getting to quite like it.

We don't have to send leopards.

Poland sends leopards, if Russia then makes some kind of response against Poland across the Poland/Kaliningrad border then EU common defense is involved. Ireland is now technically in an open conflict with Russia, the defense forces literally can be embroiled and expected to fight against Russia at that point.

Russian TV isn't a reflection on diplomatic reality. Some asshat making a gif about a non-existant superweapon stirring up a giga-typhoon that washes Ireland away is not to be conflated with real politics.

We're legally bound to help as best we can, or legalese words to that affect.

Why are you telling me how nato works when I never even mentioned nato. Complete non-sequitur. Shoes go over socks. The capital of Italy is actually Rome. Sorry but I think you'll find there are 5 spice girls. Thats you that is.

The potential is still there. And it can be reasonably described as worrying. I know I'd be concerned by this unfolding situation if I had family in the DF.

I really don't care about nato in this particular context. I didn't say EU has an army. I don't know why you're dropping non-sequiturs.

Even that other post with the drunk Russian, I've no idea wtf that was about, yet it was a quote response to me. Allow me to respond with a map of Cameroon. And an ebay link to a tea-cozy. (if I was bothered).

We've heard this step-by-step alarmism for 11 months now.

"If we support sanctions we're a target for Putin"

"If Europe sends any arms.."

"If we send artillery.. "

"If we send Brimstones and HIMARS... "

After Germany and others send the more tanks, the hand-wringing will switch to the next longer range or heavier armament. And no, we're not blind to the threats from Russia, we're painfully aware of them, but also aware that Putin is invading Europe, slaughtering people, using energy as a weapon against us. Something that has to be countered with more than tiptoeing and handwringing unfortunately. This is his war on Ukraine and by proxy on all of us. He's counting on us showing weakness, which is all we've done previously, and which has ultimately led to this situation.