Current Affairs Ukraine

[Neiler]

What would you do then?

Personally Ive already blocked him on Whatsapp.

 

[PhilM]

That's all fine and dandy, but do you know where the Arteta money is ?

Didn’t Bill put a great, no-expenses spared performance of Jesus Christ Super Star that year?

 

[Martin Alvito]

That's all fine and dandy, but do you know where the Arteta money is ?

Tell us where Hoffa's body is at while you're at it.

 

[Efcjake]

exactly my point

Hopefully they make themselves heard but I can't help feel that this will go the way of other Anti-Putin protests.

As long as he has the army leadership in his pocket then he won't worry about public dissidents.

 

[Mrk]

As with everything, treat with caution, but:



That would be significant

 

[Efcjake]

It will be interesting to see how China responds to this from an economic perspective. Obviously sanctions are only effective if you're not fairly self sufficient. The West relies pretty heavily on China not being economically insular. This could be a turning point for globalisation, especially if it also prompts America to lose patience with European free loading from a military perspective.

A lot of supply chain issues from the pandemic have definitely led to a reassessment of the impact of globalization on self-sufficiency.

 

[summerisle]

Didn’t Bill put a great, no-expenses spared performance of Jesus Christ Super Star that year?

I think Jesus got a soft tissue injury, and was out for a year.

 

[Efcjake]

As with everything, treat with caution, but:



That would be significant

Is it though? There were reportedly 200,000 troops staged outside the border when this began.

 

[Daveysgingerlovechild]

Merci. History and Politics for my first bachelors, with particular focus on Europe 1900+, British Imperialism and Post-1945 decolonisation for my units.

I did a Modern History MA with some of the above and others bits, and recently another philosophy bachelors.

Clearly the most educated man on GOT.

 

[Bluerover]

Mangetout!

Bonnet de douche

 

[Mrk]

Is it though? There were reportedly 200,000 troops staged outside the border when this began.

Well when you consider that coalition forces only lost 292 in the entirety of desert storm (with nearly 1 million troops) - yes.

Does Putin care about his men dying? Probably not. But if (and that's a big if) Ukraine are able to inflict that kind of damage, it implies they're not going to roll over easily.

 

[tsubaki]

It will be interesting to see how China responds to this from an economic perspective. Obviously sanctions are only effective if you're not fairly self sufficient. The West relies pretty heavily on China not being economically insular. This could be a turning point for globalisation, especially if it also prompts America to lose patience with European free loading from a military perspective.

TBF China relies on China not being economically insular too - I don't expect them to join the cavalcade of sanctions, but I also think they've got a big hold over Russia now given how Putin has just isolated them from the rest of the world.

Globalisation as it has been for the past twenty years is probably dead though, if not countries then blocs need to be self-sufficient where they can.

 

[Martin Alvito]

Clearly the most educated man on GOT.

@RAFUH and her MD would like a word with you. Might have some things to say about the "man" bit too.

 

[tsubaki]

As with everything, treat with caution, but:



That would be significant

TBF the Yanks killed nearly that many in about two hours in Syria a few years ago.

 

[PhilM]

Clearly the most educated man on GOT.

Far from it.