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Ukraine Crisis
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If its not Russia then its going to be China.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-62340814
Get ya bunkers, tin hats and bako foil at the ready.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-62340814
Get ya bunkers, tin hats and bako foil at the ready.
You think China would take on one the most advanced nations with the 2nd largest (by numbers) nuclear arsenal? Get a grip!Archery1969 wrote: ↑Fri Jul 29, 2022 7:44 amIf its not Russia then its going to be China.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-62340814
Get ya bunkers, tin hats and bako foil at the ready.
China may be lots of things, but pragmatism is high on their agenda. Many in the world would benefit if their governments had the same view.
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Yes, I do think they would, Biden is a very weak president. There are allot of threats coming out of China stating they will shoot down Jets protecting Nancy Pelosi if she visits Taiwan. They also know they have an allie in Russia if the shit were to hit the fan. Both countries have hypersonic missiles which the USA does not as far as I am aware.greenmark wrote: ↑Sat Jul 30, 2022 7:54 pmYou think China would take on one the most advanced nations with the 2nd largest (by numbers) nuclear arsenal? Get a grip!Archery1969 wrote: ↑Fri Jul 29, 2022 7:44 amIf its not Russia then its going to be China.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-62340814
Get ya bunkers, tin hats and bako foil at the ready.
China may be lots of things, but pragmatism is high on their agenda. Many in the world would benefit if their governments had the same view.
Me thinks there are very dark times ahead.
You have a very dark view of life. Biden is the incumbent for a few years. China know this full well. Don't forget they control a billion people. 330 million is peanuts by comparison. Yet they have no desire for a massive nuclear arsenal. Who would you rather align yourself with?Archery1969 wrote: ↑Sat Jul 30, 2022 8:01 pmYes, I do think they would, Biden is a very weak president. There are allot of threats coming out of China stating they will shoot down Jets protecting Nancy Pelosi if she visits Taiwan. They also know they have an allie in Russia if the shit were to hit the fan. Both countries have hypersonic missiles which the USA does not as far as I am aware.greenmark wrote: ↑Sat Jul 30, 2022 7:54 pmYou think China would take on one the most advanced nations with the 2nd largest (by numbers) nuclear arsenal? Get a grip!Archery1969 wrote: ↑Fri Jul 29, 2022 7:44 amIf its not Russia then its going to be China.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-62340814
Get ya bunkers, tin hats and bako foil at the ready.
China may be lots of things, but pragmatism is high on their agenda. Many in the world would benefit if their governments had the same view.
Me thinks there are very dark times ahead.
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This guy is obviously more knowledgeable and cleverer than me. Even he thinks we now closer to a Nuclear mistake than ever before.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-62381425
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-62381425
That's been the case over the last few decades. We've even come close to one in 1983.Archery1969 wrote: ↑Mon Aug 01, 2022 10:42 pmThis guy is obviously more knowledgeable and cleverer than me. Even he thinks we now closer to a Nuclear mistake than ever before.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-62381425
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1983_Sovi ... d%20States.
"Today, some 13,000 nuclear weapons are thought to remain in service in the arsenals of the nine nuclear-armed states - far lower than the estimated 60,000 stockpiled during the peak of the mid-1980s."Archery1969 wrote: ↑Mon Aug 01, 2022 10:42 pmThis guy is obviously more knowledgeable and cleverer than me. Even he thinks we now closer to a Nuclear mistake than ever before.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-62381425
That's inspiring. But there is still a lot of work ahead.
I'm surprised there hasn't been more news coverage (or any really) on the growing tensions between Serbia and Kosovo - that could provide a serious flash point and escalate East-West tensions even further and faster
Its been de-escalated for the moment but looked touch and go for a while over the weekend until Kosovo agreed to delay new rules on ID's and licence plates which were due to come into effect and be applicable to everyone in Kosovo - but Serbia and Serb nationals living in Kosovo refused to recognise them
and NATO have said they are prepared intervene if Kosovo came under attack from Serbia who are a friendly ally of Russia
Its been de-escalated for the moment but looked touch and go for a while over the weekend until Kosovo agreed to delay new rules on ID's and licence plates which were due to come into effect and be applicable to everyone in Kosovo - but Serbia and Serb nationals living in Kosovo refused to recognise them
and NATO have said they are prepared intervene if Kosovo came under attack from Serbia who are a friendly ally of Russia
That had certainly passed under my radar. Very worrying. The Balkan states have been squabbling for yonks. I naively thought Bosnia was the end of it.Dallas wrote: ↑Tue Aug 02, 2022 1:32 pmI'm surprised there hasn't been more news coverage (or any really) on the growing tensions between Serbia and Kosovo - that could provide a serious flash point and escalate East-West tensions even further and faster
Its been de-escalated for the moment but looked touch and go for a while over the weekend until Kosovo agreed to delay new rules on ID's and licence plates which were due to come into effect and be applicable to everyone in Kosovo - but Serbia and Serb nationals living in Kosovo refused to recognise them
and NATO have said they are prepared intervene if Kosovo came under attack from Serbia who are a friendly ally of Russia
This is naive too, but why can't folks just let borders lie were they are and get on with life and each other? Ah well, c'est la vie!
I have Sky News on in the background in the evenings but was completely oblivious to that!Dallas wrote: ↑Tue Aug 02, 2022 1:32 pmI'm surprised there hasn't been more news coverage (or any really) on the growing tensions between Serbia and Kosovo - that could provide a serious flash point and escalate East-West tensions even further and faster
Its been de-escalated for the moment but looked touch and go for a while over the weekend until Kosovo agreed to delay new rules on ID's and licence plates which were due to come into effect and be applicable to everyone in Kosovo - but Serbia and Serb nationals living in Kosovo refused to recognise them
and NATO have said they are prepared intervene if Kosovo came under attack from Serbia who are a friendly ally of Russia
As I've been reading about post-Roman Briton when there were seven nutters ruling seven kingdoms and waging war as though it's a pub brawl, I think to myself, the world hasn't really got any better since the dark ages.
Except democracy wiped out the feudal system. And life is a whole lot better as a result.Derek27 wrote: ↑Tue Aug 02, 2022 2:29 pmI have Sky News on in the background in the evenings but was completely oblivious to that!Dallas wrote: ↑Tue Aug 02, 2022 1:32 pmI'm surprised there hasn't been more news coverage (or any really) on the growing tensions between Serbia and Kosovo - that could provide a serious flash point and escalate East-West tensions even further and faster
Its been de-escalated for the moment but looked touch and go for a while over the weekend until Kosovo agreed to delay new rules on ID's and licence plates which were due to come into effect and be applicable to everyone in Kosovo - but Serbia and Serb nationals living in Kosovo refused to recognise them
and NATO have said they are prepared intervene if Kosovo came under attack from Serbia who are a friendly ally of Russia
As I've been reading about post-Roman Briton when there were seven nutters ruling seven kingdoms and waging war as though it's a pub brawl, I think to myself, the world hasn't really got any better since the dark ages.
There are people that try to establish fiefdoms but the beauty of democratic capitalism is it makes that quite difficult and they withdraw into their lairs.
I believe it's not about borders over there, it's about cultural differences and political assholes who parasitizes mess and escalate violating those differences. And not only local ones (politicians).greenmark wrote: ↑Tue Aug 02, 2022 2:09 pmThat had certainly passed under my radar. Very worrying. The Balkan states have been squabbling for yonks. I naively thought Bosnia was the end of it.Dallas wrote: ↑Tue Aug 02, 2022 1:32 pmI'm surprised there hasn't been more news coverage (or any really) on the growing tensions between Serbia and Kosovo - that could provide a serious flash point and escalate East-West tensions even further and faster
Its been de-escalated for the moment but looked touch and go for a while over the weekend until Kosovo agreed to delay new rules on ID's and licence plates which were due to come into effect and be applicable to everyone in Kosovo - but Serbia and Serb nationals living in Kosovo refused to recognise them
and NATO have said they are prepared intervene if Kosovo came under attack from Serbia who are a friendly ally of Russia
This is naive too, but why can't folks just let borders lie were they are and get on with life and each other? Ah well, c'est la vie!