I reckon a number of Tory's including Boris are swimming in Moscow money and owe more than a few favours. If anything comes out now they can easily just claim it's Russia making shit up and point to their response in the war. It's like joining in to kick the bully once he's been knocked down in case people remember that you once lived large on the bully's protection racket.
Indeed.
The second they utter the world "mobilization", there will be a lot of questions. And they know it, which is why they're trying to take existing, but mauled units, and retrofit them with reservists from the bordering regions on the sly.
In general they're not. I think ITT there is a tendency to think that in huge numbers they are pro-Russia but that's an outlier fringe for both political parties (although certainly worse on the right). The vast majority of Americans (over 90%) are pro-Ukraine.
There is a pew poll from last week showing broad bipartisan support. I think the mainstream left has PTSD over Trump which is understandable.
news.gallup.com
Go dive deep into some hobbies. A Tsar Bomba won't magically appear over your home because you decided to go snuggle off in your room and listen to some jp lofi music while you read a book lmao.
At this point no military breakthrough outside of Ukraine military collapse would get them any leverage. If they get Mariupol and get the land bridge to Crimea, it would still not be enough if the other fronts continue under control / losing ground.
There is a pew poll from last week showing broad bipartisan support. I think the mainstream left has PTSD over Trump which is understandable.
Here is another summary of polling data showing broaad support for Ukraine
What We Know About American Public Opinion and Ukraine
Americans are strongly supportive of Ukraine and overwhelmingly favor economic sanctions against Russia.
The caveat here is there is low support for boots on the ground with a silver lining being high support for NATO and keeping troops in Europe. It's almost a return to the old cold War consensus where proxy wars can become unpopular but the enemy is clear and constant
Nah one month ban. Its exactly the same as warmongering. And Threads is a must watch. No one wins this. If this goes nuclear because we call Putin's "bluff" we are all dead. Allowing the advocation of "calling it" in here is bullshit.
I'd say the destruction of the human race and life as we know it is a pretty good reason not to anger them. And it's the same reason America has been allowed to pull the exact same shit around the world in the last 70 years.
I hope they brought an extra truck to carry their brass balls!
Yeah all those arms and intel are just hypocritical posturing. We all know who Boris is rooting for 🤭.
I wonder what was that:
www.bnnbloomberg.ca
But we ARE making Russia angry. But just not in a suicidal way but with economic sanctions like there have never been before. Those sanctions are demolishing the Russian economy. The exit from Russian gas and oil will cut even deeper in the long term.
I wonder what was that:
Ukraine is due for an election in 2024.
Azovs can be dealt with in time. Getting bogged down in that discussion is what Russia wants.
That's not what I said. The Tories were in bed with Russian oligarchs, there's one in the House of Lords FFS. Boris sees this as an opportunity to get out from under Russian influence, the current propaganda and fake news from Russia makes denial easier if anything does come out.
