Russia invading Ukraine (NEWS/UPDATES)

[Dogbark]

No change at all for the poster you are replying to then

 

[HarrogateMackem]

Not once did I mention being safer. I said any serious discussion around disarmament is over.

I can’t be wrong about something I never said.

Fair enough I misinterpreted your comments. I don't think the conversation ever ends though, it's socially, militarily, and economically infallible to have them.

 

[CissesUnderpants9]

And seeing pictures of captured russian teen soldiers has knocked me sick. Putin using kids to fight his dirty f***ing war, he needs putting down the reckless cowardly ****.
I hate him.

They are just the first wave, the second will come in tooled up.

 

[87 Others]

Who are Putin's backers?

Those that were present at that theatrical meeting he had the other day all seemed terrified of him.

Surely they wouldn't be too opposed to him being moved on.

 

[Horatio Pugwash]

I'd like to go one step further and move the politics board put of the SMB. Sometimes there's a thread title at the top of board that looks like an interesting topic, so you get drawn in, only to see it's the usual story of the same posters blaming it on Brexit/remainers/the Tories/Labour ad infinitum.

Hide it next to the help desk, it's where most of the posters who use it belong.

I think Brexit and a shambolic government probably have a more direct impact on most people on here than the conflict in the Ukraine.

 

[Scotty]

How difficult would it be to simply take Putin out?

a state-sponsored assassination is tantamount to a declaration of war

(it also violates numerous treaties as well)

plus these dictator types tend to be awfully well guarded

 

[Georgewhitt]

Some of us believe that it’s not just defending them, it’s defending ourselves before things get worse and exponentially more deadly.

Question still stands. Do you want to go and give up your life in the cause?

 

[Horatio Pugwash]

Who are Putin's backers?

Those that were present at that theatrical meeting he had the other day all seemed terrified of him.

Surely they wouldn't be too opposed to him being moved on.

To be replaced by another power mad dictator?

 

[FootballFan]

a state-sponsored assassination is tantamount to a declaration of war

(it also violates numerous treaties as well)

plus these dictator types tend to be awfully well guarded

would be a strictly off the books job

 

[Yer da claims JSA]

Trying to get people to safety is almost impossible. There’s so much conflicting information about whether borders are safe that we’ve got people too afraid to leave their homes.

 

[HoxtonMackem]

Who are Putin's backers?

Those that were present at that theatrical meeting he had the other day all seemed terrified of him.

Surely they wouldn't be too opposed to him being moved on.

Terrified puppets.

All the supposed oligarch supporters of his would soon crumble away if their wealth is threatened through prolonged war and sanctions man.

Most of them aren't even politically motivated, money is all they care about.

 

[MackemBob]

Putin getting the Ukraine does not make the threat to us greater than it already is. It's not making him stronger.
I answered the intervention question in my last post. When NATO decide it's time, then it's time.

Oh but it does.

Economically stronger. It pushes them into second place globally on grain production. As well as all of ukraine uranium and other rare earth metals. It gives putin huge leverage.

 

[Suomifinland]

Taking Putin out in a surgical manor is the best case scenario. Would the next person who takes over in Russia be any better though? No one knows.

Again... Russian nuclear doctrine. Would trigger a response.

Heard a few musings on here about Salisbury but assassination of a world leader (who has nuke briefcase) would be... Er... Risky. Let's put it like this... You better not miss.

 

[Horatio Pugwash]

a state-sponsored assassination is tantamount to a declaration of war

(it also violates numerous treaties as well)

plus these dictator types tend to be awfully well guarded

But.... it's dead easy on the telly

 

[Az*]

a state-sponsored assassination is tantamount to a declaration of war

(it also violates numerous treaties as well)

plus these dictator types tend to be awfully well guarded

I can’t believe people f***ing ask that question

 

[87 Others]

To be replaced by another power mad dictator?

That's what I'm getting at.

Are those at that meeting as mad as he is?

I'd presumed it would be one of them who would be next in line

 

[CissesUnderpants9]

To be fair he’s a plumb but this is against nato and the west and has been an issue since 2014 if not earlier.

Nice to see him showing some sort of support for Vlad, however the f***ing quizling.

 

[Horatio Pugwash]

Again... Russian nuclear doctrine. Would trigger a response.

Heard a few musings on here about Salisbury but assassination of a world leader (who has nuke briefcase) would be... Er... Risky. Let's put it like this... You better not miss.

tbf, you'd better not hit.

Imagine the retaliation

 

[Botchie]

How difficult would it be to simply take Putin out?

Depends who we send in. Bond or Jack Ryan?

 

[HarrogateMackem]

a state-sponsored assassination is tantamount to a declaration of war

(it also violates numerous treaties as well)

plus these dictator types tend to be awfully well guarded

Hasn't stopped America from doing it to democratically elected South American leaders throughout their history.