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Re: Russia - worrying?
« Reply #810 on: February 22, 2022, 12:44:PM »
We'll get to know what sanctions entail very soon as BJ has set them out.






For the time being it's banks/ frozen accounts---until such time as a real threat is imminent then more sanctions will be put in place.

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« Reply #811 on: February 22, 2022, 02:14:PM »
Be interesting to see if the sanctions involve Nordstream 2 😏
I wonder if Putin's position is secure. https://youtu.be/c5bTviQt8ZY

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Re: Russia - worrying?
« Reply #812 on: February 23, 2022, 01:05:PM »

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« Reply #813 on: February 23, 2022, 05:42:PM »
He's not a well man is he ?

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« Reply #814 on: February 23, 2022, 09:02:PM »
He's not a well man is he ?
I'm always troubled by a politician when their wife leaves them: Putin, Johnson, Berlusconi, Gore.

He's living in a fantasy world. https://youtu.be/wlFM2BUwTj0

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« Reply #815 on: February 23, 2022, 10:39:PM »
I'm always troubled by a politician when their wife leaves them: Putin, Johnson, Berlusconi, Gore.

He's living in a fantasy world. https://youtu.be/wlFM2BUwTj0





David Starkey's right though isn't he ?

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Re: Russia - worrying?
« Reply #816 on: February 24, 2022, 07:43:AM »
Holy shit!  :-\

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« Reply #817 on: February 24, 2022, 08:34:AM »
I'm surprised that nobody has bumped him off in all these years.  ::)
 A megalomaniac of the highest order.   Things are going to look bleak indeed.

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Re: Russia - worrying?
« Reply #818 on: February 24, 2022, 08:37:AM »
What sanctions did UK and US face, for an illegal invasion of Iraq?  The worst thing that probably happened was that we got nil points in the Eurovision Song Contest.


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« Reply #819 on: February 24, 2022, 08:42:AM »
What sanctions did UK and US face, for an illegal invasion of Iraq?  The worst thing that probably happened was that we got nil points in the Eurovision Song Contest.

« Last Edit: February 24, 2022, 10:33:AM by ngb1066 »

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« Reply #820 on: February 24, 2022, 08:51:AM »


I doubt the families of all the dead Iraqis are laughing. Same goes for the surviving veterans in the US. I doubt they're laughing. I also doubt that David Brent supported the war.
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« Reply #821 on: February 24, 2022, 09:04:AM »
Anyway, I hope that there are the most minimum of casualties possible in all this. Thoughts are with people currently facing life threatening danger and terror.

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« Reply #822 on: February 24, 2022, 09:13:AM »
Our sanctions have been no way forceful enough. Sling all their dirty laundered money out of London, seize their assets once and for all. Every country do the same.

Those poor Ukranians. My grandson works with them as we have a lot of them living on Merseyside whose families are in the Ukraine and many rely on money being sent to them. Imagine having your family there !

We'll just have to sit tight and do nothing for the time being as retaliation will be the wrong way to go at this stage.

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« Reply #823 on: February 24, 2022, 10:14:AM »
I doubt the families of all the dead Iraqis are laughing. Same goes for the surviving veterans in the US. I doubt they're laughing. I also doubt that David Brent supported the war.

A - The Iraq war was not illegal.
B - It was a collation of willing democracies.
C - Most the Iraqi people wanted Saddam gone.
D - America did not annex Iraq into its own territory.
E - The Iraqi national congress wanted the invasion.

The fact you bring this up and create a false equivalence just goes to show you have nothing to really say.
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« Reply #824 on: February 24, 2022, 11:08:AM »
A - The Iraq war was not illegal.
B - It was a collation of willing democracies.
C - Most the Iraqi people wanted Saddam gone.
D - America did not annex Iraq into its own territory.
E - The Iraqi national congress wanted the invasion.

The fact you bring this up and create a false equivalence just goes to show you have nothing to really say.

The war in Iraq deeply damaged the reputations of the US and UK.

Even though some countries who took part were members of NATO, the war was not sanctioned by NATO.

The war was not sanctioned by the UN.

The war was deeply unpopular across the world.

The justification for the war was based on lies.

The UK expert who questioned the accuracy of intelligence 'committed suicide'. A finding that was backed by your old friend, Peter Vanezis, suprise, suprise.

After, issuing bullying ultimatums, the US was assisted by lapdogs.

It was a war of plunder, in which US corporations will no doubt have benefited.

Ill disciplined security contractors added to the carnage.

The power vacuum that was created after the initial victory, facilitated mass murder and mayhem.

The  US was involved in torture and extraditions.

In short, The US is in a somewhat dubious position, if it tries to take the moral high ground with Russia.