It’s a proxy war between Saudi and Iran

And of course US with Saudi and Russia with Iran (many more actors but those two are relevant).

Posted By: Legacy Fan on February 27th 2022 at 10:21:13

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Ukraine (General Chat) - lord_luck, Feb 27, 05:45:55
- Sanctions won't be quick or easy (General Chat) - paulg, Feb 27, 10:15:08
  - They might take effect quicker than we think (General Chat) - Captain Bligh, Feb 27, 11:39:31
    - If they crush their central bank and their currency that will have an impact (n/m) (General Chat) - NorskyNormann, Feb 27, 11:45:59
      - That sounds right,but I thought that was one of hitlers motivations for ww2 as (General Chat) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Feb 27, 12:22:23
      - With any luck it's a house of cards on fragile foundations that'll fall quickly (General Chat) - Captain Bligh, Feb 27, 11:53:27
        
        It’s the people closest to him, next in line for power, who will care the most about the (General Chat) - NorskyNormann, Feb 27, 12:21:07
        
        It’s not only him (n/m) (General Chat) - Legacy Fan, Feb 27, 13:32:45
- Do you feel as strongly about other ongoing conflicts, Yemen, Sudan... (n/m) (General Chat) - The Gaffer, Feb 27, 09:09:19
  - 👏👏👏 (n/m) (General Chat) - brianguthrysluvchild, Feb 27, 13:53:45
  - 👏 (n/m) (General Chat) - helvegtheowl, Feb 27, 11:21:50
  - Brown people. Even the refugee crisis is discussed/viewed differently 😔 (n/m) (General Chat) - NorskyNormann, Feb 27, 10:55:11
    - You're baselessly accused people you've never met of being racist again.Stop it. (n/m) (General Chat) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Feb 27, 11:20:36
      - Just saying the response in Europe differs this time. Wasn’t accusing anyone personally (n/m) (General Chat) - NorskyNormann, Feb 27, 11:47:21
  - Yemen is primarily a civil war,albeit with intervention from regional powers. (n/m) (General Chat) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Feb 27, 09:33:33
    - It’s a proxy war between Saudi and Iran (General Chat) - Legacy Fan, Feb 27, 10:21:13
    - The cause is not relevant to point I was possibly badly trying to make. It seems that (General Chat) - The Gaffer, Feb 27, 09:47:42
      - Totally agree 😔 (n/m) (General Chat) - NorskyNormann, Feb 27, 12:23:22
      - Excuse the gramma I've already started on the wine... (n/m) (General Chat) - The Gaffer, Feb 27, 09:52:18
  - Sudan? (n/m) (General Chat) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Feb 27, 09:32:20
- As no NATO country has been attacked then we cannot directly intervene, and certainly not (General Chat) - Unoriginalusername, Feb 27, 08:42:43
  - That’s the best hope in this it seems. His inner circle realise this is mad and rid the (General Chat) - NorskyNormann, Feb 27, 10:54:14
- It already involves us directly (General Chat) - CWC, Feb 27, 08:29:11
  - The other thing that strikes me from my armchair is (General Chat) - Captain Bligh, Feb 27, 08:44:04
  - reading between the lines .. and i might be completely wrong (General Chat) - ghostof barry butler, Feb 27, 08:34:50
    - Just not his own (n/m) (General Chat) - CWC, Feb 27, 08:38:21
      - Ain't that the truth (n/m) (General Chat) - ghostof barry butler, Feb 27, 08:41:20
  - Presumably he's advocating British boots on the grounds? (General Chat) - NxNW, Feb 27, 08:34:25
- If it's cowardice for any nation leader to try to avoid all out (General Chat) - Captain Bligh, Feb 27, 07:57:19
  - Please stop calling him Boris (General Chat) - big member, Feb 27, 08:44:14
    - Alexander de pfeffel (n/m) (General Chat) - NorskyNormann, Feb 27, 10:49:59
    - Boris is his name, Boris is how he's known. If you say Boris (General Chat) - Captain Bligh, Feb 27, 08:51:27
      - Call him Johnson (General Chat) - big member, Feb 27, 12:18:17
        
        He’s certainly no Zelenskyy (true leaders lead from the front (General Chat) - NorskyNormann, Feb 27, 12:22:16
      - 👏👍 (n/m) (General Chat) - helvegtheowl, Feb 27, 11:23:22
      - No-one *ever* called Blair 'Tony'. (n/m) (General Chat) - norwaay, Feb 27, 10:27:19
        
        Yes they did. If you were talking politics in the late 90s and anyone said to you (General Chat) - Captain Bligh, Feb 27, 10:49:28
        
        No-one ever called him Tony. (General Chat) - norwaay, Feb 27, 10:54:31
        
        Yes they did. They really did, and if I said Alexander (General Chat) - Captain Bligh, Feb 27, 11:10:17
        
        I didn't say anything about "Alexander" (General Chat) - norwaay, Feb 27, 11:17:48
        
        I'm not dismissing it as something that doesn't exist (General Chat) - Captain Bligh, Feb 27, 11:30:44
        
        Good grief. Ok! (n/m) (General Chat) - norwaay, Feb 27, 11:33:58
      - 'Boris' is (or at least used to be) a character that Johnson played as a means of making (General Chat) - NxNW, Feb 27, 09:40:16
        
        VMT (General Chat) - norwaay, Feb 27, 10:25:02
        
        Whatever. His name is Boris for god's sake. (General Chat) - Captain Bligh, Feb 27, 10:23:30
        
        Well, if you're going to be like that...his name is actually Alexander. (n/m) (General Chat) - NxNW, Feb 27, 10:33:40
        
        Well yes, but if I said Gordon you wouldn't know I was talking (General Chat) - Captain Bligh, Feb 27, 10:44:49
        
        😂 (n/m) (General Chat) - norwaay, Feb 27, 10:34:22
        
        Emphasis on used to be (General Chat) - CWC, Feb 27, 09:47:52
        
        Blo jo b. (n/m) (General Chat) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Feb 27, 10:32:19
        
        ... (General Chat) - Chris Peacock, Feb 27, 10:45:58
    - The first sentence he said made sense (General Chat) - Cardiff Canary, Feb 27, 08:50:21
      - I was saying exactly that. (General Chat) - Captain Bligh, Feb 27, 09:00:58
    - Although Boris is a bit useless, yous is a bit of a tin-foil hat comment. (n/m) (General Chat) - Unoriginalusername, Feb 27, 08:48:49
  - thats my point (General Chat) - lord_luck, Feb 27, 08:22:57
    - Avoiding getting the planet vaporised isn't what I'd call cowardly. (n/m) (General Chat) - Captain Bligh, Feb 27, 08:34:16
      - Indeed (General Chat) - Cardiff Canary, Feb 27, 08:41:02
        
        As I observed elsewhere, in my humble opinion (General Chat) - Captain Bligh, Feb 27, 09:19:02
        
        Yep it's a decent point (General Chat) - Cardiff Canary, Feb 27, 11:10:53
- I’m sure if you volunteer the Ukraine can find you a gun (n/m) (General Chat) - ghostof barry butler, Feb 27, 07:01:28
  - thats very helpful (General Chat) - lord_luck, Feb 27, 07:54:47
    - Now you ask .... (General Chat) - ghostof barry butler, Feb 27, 08:24:09
      - You can do it online at the post office website. Stamps are so last decade grandad. (n/m) (General Chat) - Captain Bligh, Feb 27, 08:35:42
        
        👍 (n/m) (General Chat) - ghostof barry butler, Feb 27, 08:39:34
        
        To quote the great Derek and Clive (General Chat) - Captain Bligh, Feb 27, 09:04:33
        
        🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 (n/m) (General Chat) - ghostof barry butler, Feb 27, 09:10:31

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