Is there war looming in Europe and Ukraine?

[Easy-X]

Just nosing through the military spending of various countries...

Obviously the US and China spend a lot but after that it's Saudi Arabia, Russia, UK, Germany, France, Japan, South Korea all spending comparable amounts

Okay so Russia have a lot of troops but given their spending it's very much the apocryphal scene from Enemy At The Gates
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[Polarbear]

I am absolutly in awe at the utter naivity/stupidity of some people.

Britain's Defence Secretary Ben Wallace adds his voice to those calling on Russia to let Ukraine export its grain. Russia must "do the right thing", Wallace tells reporters in Madrid, where he's been meeting Spanish defence minister Margarita Robles.But he rejected Russia's demand to lift sanctions in order for it to free up exports.

Oh so you expect a country you are at war with to let grain exports out to feed the masses (and drop wheat prices) but won't give any concessions?

I would say stupid but I suppose it's all flag waving for the masses, basically telling them they are going to starve but it's for a good cause and not our fault.
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AFAIK it's the fact that Russia have effectively taken control of the Black Sea - at least from the Ukrainian perspective - which begs the question: why not just ship it out via road through Poland and Romania?
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[tatters]

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Fair point but you'd think whoever had the foresight to train up the Ukrainian military before the war started might have also seen this coming
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[Easy-X]

Seems I'm not the only one asking this question:

How can Ukraine export its harvest?

Here's the interesting bit:

[Val]

Me preparing for the ruskies on the range 150m with optics.

Actually not bad for my first shooting range visit in 20 years

https://i.imgur.com/rWvkZ8a.jpg

Are you preparing yourself and how?
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[chickenstrip]

Can you hit Putin's nukes as they come in?
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[Val]

[pepperami]

I’m not scared , I’ve got my catapult and a bag of marbles .

I might a bit more scared if I lived in Finland, Poland, or even Germany.
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[chickenstrip]

If I lived in Germany I wouldn't be worried about a Russian invasion. Putin isn't going to waste any ammunition on the Jerries. They're all just going to freeze to death when he cuts off their fuel next winter.
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[Easy-X]

If we invade Russia now I'm sure we can get to Moscow before Christmas
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[pepperami]

[Ribenapigeon]

[Rob Fzs]

Eu still arsing about on how to end their Reliance on Russian oil

meanwhile dickheads like VAL go on about European Growth via using said cheap oil as a stick to bash the British?
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[Val]

[Kawasaki Jimbo]

Whilst at home the resentful Remainers, the “I hate the Tories” Lefties, the champagne socialists and the self-harming ‘peacenik’ ignoramuses diss Boris for consuming birthday cake, Zelensky addressed the Ukrainian people saying,

[Polarbear]

[Easy-X]

[stinkwheel]

[Val]

[Ribenapigeon]

[Easy-X]

Boris is hardly steel tempered in the forge of battle; just like any politician these days: jelly conforming to whatever mould is en vogue

I'm seriously wondering whether the whole universal suffrage / democracy project isn't just an elaborate socialist plot If you want to wrest control at any cost it's much easier if you dilute the electoral base with an extra 15 million idiots (Reform Act 1918.)

Total tin-foil hat stuff till you consider the replacement agenda going on in the US at the moment.
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[Ribenapigeon]