pepipop:
*so you’re saying everyone on this thread should all be singing from the same hymn sheet, otherwise go away? I’m saying tell me how you’ve drawn your rather pro Russian opinions. If it’s simply a matter of you making poor choices in your media selections. Well, that’s something that can be worked on. If there is something else at work here. Then tell us and we can discuss it.
I really don’t know how to answer this, you think I am contributing on this thread to learn how to change ‘my’ opinion and told as to what media I should watch.
Possibly, because I come from a non-threatening nation, that get through this world on a totally different basis - but you can be rest assured we’re known nearly everywhere in the world and usually in a good light. We fully recognise unfairness, injustice and don’t like foul play, as we were under it ourselves for long enough. We support the underdog, anyone being bullied - or quite simply, we like to keep on the right side of right. We abhor injustice.
As someone commented, in relation to the US tax funded ‘body language’ analysis on Putin.* I could study the bees trying to predict their behavior. Or I could study The Idiot about to shake the beehive, and immediately understand what’s going to happen.* That about sums it up. Stay out of each others’ playpens!
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t’s not like a game at all. Russia holds most of the cards because the cards are called military strength, and natural resources. I realize Ireland has very little of both. But in the world, they are what matter.
I fully recognise that is the case. I know nothing about the natural resources in Crimea but do not see them adding dramatically to Russia’s own. In relation to military strength - a misnomer to a point, as one nuclear weapon and over and out, planet earth. I thought most countries were reducing their military forces, at present.
*So, some crimean’s wish to be under russia’s wing, and some do not. Having a referendum while soldiers without insignia are occupying your lands. Well how could you defend that? As a further point, you seem to shine on what Vlad Putin is doing. As though either it’s not real, or somehow it doesn’t matter. Well as has been pointed out, the seizing of lands under any pretense is not going to be the way in this the 21st century. Eventually, either Russia does a course correction. Or, as many predict, Europe will be at war once again. Sadly, it may be left up to Russian Oligarch’s *
Keep the West out of other nation’s affairs, and none of this would have happened. He did not ‘seize’ the land, he was invited, I take your point as to the military presence in Crimea and the referendum, but they are meant to be there to protect the people, you assume they’re there to suppress the people and I don’t know which view is correct but no doubt it will come to light on the 16th, with the western media saying they are being suppressed, and other media saying they’re not - so we’ll all be none the wiser…*
Gotta keep it short.
Crimea’s resource is it’s warm water port, and access to the oceans by way of Turkey. Without it Russia’s navy is in trouble.
Your reference to Nuclear weapons being the end all for warfare is not accurate.
The troops deployed to Crimea are there to protect Russian interests in that area. People count for little when a table like that is set.
ATB
