Russia's army could collapse amid huge losses of more than 30,000 troops

[Walt]

The situation changes markedly if Scotland tries to reenter the EU

62% of the Scottish people voted to stay in the EU. They are very unhappy to have been forced out of the EU. They might be unhappy enough to leave the UK, and try to get back into the EU alone.

One, they have a huge deficit of 22%

If Scotland became independent, it would gain the revenue from oil, and would have a surplus. The estimate of debt is based on the assumption that the oil off the north coast of Scotland belongs to the central government of the UK, and has nothing to do with Scotland.

And it is only an estimate. Scotland for the most part has no right to issue debt, so has no deficit of its own.

they won't be able to join the Eurozone and the Bank Of England will not give them any concessions regarding the pound.

Ireland went through the same thing, and somehow survived just fine. Odd how that works.

 

[ExpressLane]

Half the defenders of the Alamo were Spanish speakers, but many of the descendants live now in Mexico. They fought for Texas Independence, and then for America in the Mexican American War, but then were kicked out of America by the non-Hispanic whites. It was a betrayal.

Santa Anna's descendant who keeps his name alive is an American citizen. Life is strange that way.

I guess that is why San Antonio is majority Hispanic. The majority of the defenders of the Alamo dependents now live in America. Half may have spoke Spanish but only 6 were Hispanic.

 

[Walt]

I guess that is why San Antonio is majority Hispanic. The majority of the defenders of the Alamo dependents now live in America.

Very few of the current San Antonio residents can trace their roots back to the 800 people who lived there at the end of the Mexican American War. In fact, San Antonio had much fewer Hispanics 100 years ago. Most of the Hispanics that live there now immigrated to the USA in the last 100 years.

 

[Monad Portal]

look how dumb you people are.

 

[cancel2 2022]

It must be a terrible burden , taking 20% of the enemy's country and looking to make it 30% by the end of June. No wonder the Russians are failing and the victorious Ukrainians have worn out the reverse gears of their vehicles.

The Brit maggot- in case you need reminding- has been reporting the sinking of Russian ships that aren't sunk and the killing of Russian generals who ain't dead.
Why don't you people at least try to report something truthful instead of waving your pathetic keyboard banners and rooting for Ukrainians who are at least as guilty- if not more so - than the Russians for this environmental catastrophe.

62% of the Scottish people voted to stay in the EU. They are very unhappy to have been forced out of the EU. They might be unhappy enough to leave the UK, and try to get back into the EU alone.



If Scotland became independent, it would gain the revenue from oil, and would have a surplus. The estimate of debt is based on the assumption that the oil off the north coast of Scotland belongs to the central government of the UK, and has nothing to do with Scotland.

And it is only an estimate. Scotland for the most part has no right to issue debt, so has no deficit of its own.



Ireland went through the same thing, and somehow survived just fine. Odd how that works.

You really do spout a load of bollox, the revenue from oil is a trickle compared to former times. When it peaked in 1999, production of North Sea oil was 128 million tonnes per year, approx, 6 million barrels per day, having risen by ~ 5% from the early 1990s. Current output is around 6.5 million barrels per year.

As for Ireland you've obviously never heard about the Irish punt and its decline or you wouldn't spout even more bollox.

 

[Walt]

As for Ireland you've obviously never heard about the Irish punt and its decline or you wouldn't spout even more bollox.

It spent the first 50 years pegged identically to the English Pound. Then it floated, at about 90% of the English Pound. Finally it switched over to the Euro at a rate that now makes it 10% above the English Pound. The Scottish Pound might start out identical to the English Pound, and then join the Euro, and finally be above the English Pound.

The British have been seeing a lot of inflation lately. You cannot blame Biden for that. It is worse than in Euroland, because Brexit adds another whammy into the supply chain problems.

 

[dukkha]

They quite definitely do not have Article 5 protections. Article 5 means an attack on one is an attack on all, and it means the USA goes to war as if it were attacked. , we would not just send weapons, we would send troops that would fight on the frontlines.

we dont have troops but we have NATOs most advanced weapons - no other non-NATO state has them,
Plus we give them real time targeting and intelligence
That's pretty clpse to giving an Article 5 response

This is why Finland and Sweden are so desperate to get into NATO. If Russia invaded them now, we would absolutely send them supplies, but we would not go to war. If they are part of NATO, and are invaded, a hundred thousand American troops are landing every week to help them, and when we run out of troops, we start drafting more.

Finland has long had their own defenses.
It's more NATO expansion which is what got us here to begin with

You can repeat a fiction a million times, and it will not become a reality. We have not even setup a no fly zone, much less sent ground troops. If Ukraine was a NATO nation, we would have pre-approval to fly air missions, and have already sent half a million or more ground troops.

do you see any Russia air in this war? the SAM we gave them is basically a no-fly zone
you want to split hairs we are not up to our eyeballs in this war -but we are
and what really is the pisser Germany is lagging on sending weapons for their European war

 

[dukkha]

Odessa is Russian speaking, Russia attempted to seize it, and has been fought off tooth and nail.

JFC you lie so much
Russia never went after Odesa -it wants to but other then a stray rocket thy never did

Even the local Russian speaking warlords in the Donbas have been lukewarm about joining Russia. Part of that is they do not want to lose power, but another part is they do not feel completely Russian.

They have been warring against Kyiv for years. Info is sketchy - you never cite so I assume you are lying again.. The regular armies are fighting it out -there is no reason to assume the separatist have laid down their arms

The whole of Ukraine has Russian ties, but the Russians are taking huge losses in occupying the territory. The Ukrainians do not want them to take over the Ukraine. That goes for all the Ukrainian speaking Ukrainians, and a surprising number of Russian speaking Ukrainians.

it's a war of attrition -everyone is taking loses. Russian artillery is grinding gains.
Donbas wanted to be independent before the war

 

[dukkha]

It is kind of hard to take seriously any source that claims the Ukrainians are a "Kiev junta".

it refers to this Ukraine government not being legit - the Maidan was hijacked by the Svoboda types
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As many of the Banderist Neo-Nazis have stated, Ukraine has “too many people, especially in the south and the east. These people are good for nothing and should be dealt with”. These words were uttered by a neo-Nazi journalist over a year before the Western-backed Maidan color insurrection brought a Neo-Nazi junta to power.

 

[cancel2 2022]

It must be a terrible burden , taking 20% of the enemy's country and looking to make it 30% by the end of June. No wonder the Russians are failing and the victorious Ukrainians have worn out the reverse gears of their vehicles.

The Brit maggot- in case you need reminding- has been reporting the sinking of Russian ships that aren't sunk and the killing of Russian generals who ain't dead.
Why don't you people at least try to report something truthful instead of waving your pathetic keyboard banners and rooting for Ukrainians who are at least as guilty- if not more so - than the Russians for this environmental catastrophe.

It spent the first 50 years pegged identically to the English Pound. Then it floated, at about 90% of the English Pound. Finally it switched over to the Euro at a rate that now makes it 10% above the English Pound. The Scottish Pound might start out identical to the English Pound, and then join the Euro, and finally be above the English Pound.

The British have been seeing a lot of inflation lately. You cannot blame Biden for that. It is worse than in Euroland, because Brexit adds another whammy into the supply chain problems.

I love how you ignore oil when I showed how stupid you were to quote that as a saviour for the Scots. Then you started on about the Punt which was on a nosedive south when the Irish finally joined the Eurozone. The Irish economy is buoyant at the moment but won't be for much longer, I fear. Much of their newfound wealth is derived from multinationals having their HQs there due to the extremely low corporation tax. The EU tolerates that for now because they need the Irish to screw over the Brits, that won't last much longer I suspect.

 

[moon]

maggot- what's Putin's temperature today ?




Haw, haw................................haw.

 

[Walt]

we dont have troops but we have NATOs most advanced weapons - no other non-NATO state has them,

Can you be more specific? We have sold better weapons to Saudi Arabia, South Korea, and Australia; none of which are NATO nations. And we have been careful about some components of weapons, because they will be captured by the Russians. So South Korea gets the best targeting computer for howitzers, but Ukraine only gets an adequate targeting computer.

Plus we give them real time targeting and intelligence

A NATO nation would share command structure, so they would get access to our commands as if they were in the US Army. They could give orders as if they were in the US Army. American troops serve under NATO nation officers. With Ukraine, if we say no, to a request for targeting data, there is nothing they can do. A Nato nation could just order the US Army soldier to give them the data.

That's pretty clpse to giving an Article 5 response

Not even close. An Article 5 response would literally be World War III. The 30 members of NATO would be at war with Russia. Hundreds of thousands of American troops would pour into Ukraine, and be under Ukrainian command. Thousands of Americans would die.

 

[Walt]

we dont have troops but we have NATOs most advanced weapons - no other non-NATO state has them,

Can you be more specific? We have sold better weapons to Saudi Arabia, South Korea, and Australia; none of which are NATO nations. And we have been careful about some components of weapons, because they will be captured by the Russians. So South Korea gets the best targeting computer for howitzers, but Ukraine only gets an adequate targeting computer.

Plus we give them real time targeting and intelligence

A NATO nation would share command structure, so they would get access to our commands as if they were in the US Army. They could give orders as if they were in the US Army. American troops serve under NATO nation officers. With Ukraine, if we say no, to a request for targeting data, there is nothing they can do. A Nato nation could just order the US Army soldier to give them the data.

That's pretty clpse to giving an Article 5 response

Not even close. An Article 5 response would literally be World War III. The 30 members of NATO would be at war with Russia. Hundreds of thousands of American troops would pour into Ukraine, and be under Ukrainian command. Thousands of Americans would die.

 

[ExpressLane]

Very few of the current San Antonio residents can trace their roots back to the 800 people who lived there at the end of the Mexican American War. In fact, San Antonio had much fewer Hispanics 100 years ago. Most of the Hispanics that live there now immigrated to the USA in the last 100 years.

Only 6 people who fought in the Alamo were Hispanic.

 

[cancel2 2022]

maggot- what's Putin's temperature today ?




Haw, haw................................haw.

It will be room temperature soon enough.

 

[cancel2 2022]

Only 6 people who fought in the Alamo were Hispanic.

Salty just can't stop bullshitting, it's why he never provides any links.

 

[Dutch Uncle]

Only 6 people who fought in the Alamo were Hispanic.

How many fought at the battle of San Jacinto?

 

[Airstrip One]

Well- Israel and the UK haven't collapsed, maggot. Yet.




Haw, haw........................haw.

The IDF has never known your casualties.

 

[Airstrip One]

JFC you lie so much
Russia never went after Odesa -it wants to but other then a stray rocket thy never did


They have been warring against Kyiv for years. Info is sketchy - you never cite so I assume you are lying again.. The regular armies are fighting it out -there is no reason to assume the separatist have laid down their arms

it's a war of attrition -everyone is taking loses. Russian artillery is grinding gains.
Donbas wanted to be independent before the war

You side is losing.

 

[dukkha]

You side is losing.

you dont even understand my side. It's not in your mind I could want the end of the war
and not escalating the war to more horror.. 100 days..how many more?

If not that- I at least dont want to pay for it, especially since Germany is not meeting it's commitments
Fuck this war. Not our war, and please dont start up about "Russian expansion"..thank you
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How about Biden just calling for peace talks -wasn't that statesmanlike on his part??