It’s the people closest to him, next in line for power, who will care the most about the

future of Russia. They won’t want him destroying it all for nothing

Posted By: NorskyNormann on February 27th 2022 at 12:21:07

Message Thread

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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