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originally posted by: tastyrawmeat
David Cameron is making up for Obamas percieved weakness. Ever since Obama drew a line in the sand and then turned around and ran away, Putin has adopted a more agressive strategy, because he knows Obama is a weak leader. A weak US president in the eyes of the world poses more of a threat to world peace than ISIS and all the terrorist cells put together. The West must be seen as willing to act.
originally posted by: tastyrawmeat
I wouldnt hold your breath on that. What will they do with their Russian money, invest it in Siberia?
originally posted by: tsurfer2000h
a reply to: the2ofusr1
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So your source uses parts of stories mixed in with their own opinion, and your taking this as though it actually proves something...why?
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originally posted by: victor7
a reply to: tastyrawmeat
Don't make me laugh man !!
originally posted by: noeltrotsky
The UK was starting to get hammered in the London tabloids about being sidelined in the Ukraine standoff. When Merkel and the French President went and nobody from the UK went it was splashed about as the UK being irrelevant in EU and World politics.
They can't look bad so they sent in 75 trainers. It's a pretty small gesture really and just to stop looking as feeble as the UK is looking. They haven't help Ukraine in the least and history will judge the UK for it's lack of action.
originally posted by: victor7
Putin should direct one of his businesses which are invested in UK to withdraw $5 Billion from UK. More than $100B of Russian money, even upto $500B is invested there.
UK will immediately come to its senses.
originally posted by: Rocker2013
Why is it the last thing we need to be doing? Ukraine is an ally of the UK, it's entirely legal to assist an ally in the defense of their nation, especially when that defense is required to defend the much larger European group from the threats posed by Russia.
It's nothing like a declaration of war, that's an incredibly bombastic thing to claim. All we are doing is sending a small number of advisors and training staff to assist an ally, this is no different to trading operational assistance with Germany, France, the US, Canada, Australia... we assist each other and plan for strategies and run training exercises all the time, but you think because Russia has invaded Ukraine it's somehow unacceptable?
If anything it's more acceptable in this instance than any other routine training deployment.
originally posted by: rickymouse
That's cool, will the UK be supplying them with knight armor like they had in the middle ages?
I dislike a one sided story
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the west is usually consistent in keeping the meme going in one direction ,while ignoring little tid-bits of truth that might suggest something different .
originally posted by: crazyewok
originally posted by: victor7
Putin should direct one of his businesses which are invested in UK to withdraw $5 Billion from UK. More than $100B of Russian money, even upto $500B is invested there.
UK will immediately come to its senses.
Trillions pass through the UK financial markets every year.
We would barley notice $5 billion .
originally posted by: victor7
originally posted by: crazyewok
originally posted by: victor7
Putin should direct one of his businesses which are invested in UK to withdraw $5 Billion from UK. More than $100B of Russian money, even upto $500B is invested there.
UK will immediately come to its senses.
Trillions pass through the UK financial markets every year.
We would barley notice $5 billion .
Buddy, pass through is one thing and remaining invested is another. Just like an airplane passenger in transit probably pays $10 for airport fees but a tourist to the same city spends $500 if stays for 2 days or so.
originally posted by: Cobaltic1978
I didn't say it was a declaration of war, I said just shy of a declaration of war, there's not many options left after this one,
originally posted by: Cobaltic1978
Everyone can see tensions are running high in the Ukraine and a ceasefire is in place. Then there's 'call me Dave' announcing this crap, it's unacceptable any time, in my book.