So was China.

But we are living in the modern world and need to deal with the reality of organised population sizes and military capacities and types of regimes.

Poland is in Nato and unless it attacks Russia is unlikely to be attacked itself.....The fact that we are talking about a Nato/Russia conflict exposures just how serious the situation is and why de-escalation and negotiation is so important.

The longer it goes on the more entrenched and intractable it becomes and calm heads and realistic calculation are our only real defence.

Edited by Stirlingsays (30 Mar 2024 10.12am)

'Who are you and how did you get in here? I'm a locksmith. And, I'm a locksmith.' (Leslie Nielsen)

Yep, we have seen in recent years the old truism that fear wins over reason most times. There has been a huge effort put into dubious fear mongering towards the trustful non political normie. A restriction of alternative viewpoints. Imagine what it would be like without Twitter.

Edited by Stirlingsays (30 Mar 2024 10.38am)

'Who are you and how did you get in here? I'm a locksmith. And, I'm a locksmith.' (Leslie Nielsen)

Neither side releases those statistics but that does kind of sound realistic.

I guess if you haven't heard their side of the story then you could believe it's for no gain. To me their motivation is as obvious as Israel's.....the difference being that the Russian war was far more avoidable.

However, as you aren't a youngster and would have been around in 91 when the Berlin wall came down and what happened in Russia afterwards I should think some idea of how we got here should take root.

Edited by Stirlingsays (04 May 2024 5.10pm)

'Who are you and how did you get in here? I'm a locksmith. And, I'm a locksmith.' (Leslie Nielsen)