There is an advance that's true...but the main strategy of the Cold War was that should the Warsaw pact invade it would be the German Army that would block them until the British Army on the Rhine and the Yanks from their bases could get to the front.
It’s the current right wing nutjob talking point so obviously dreamboy is on here spouting it out of his arse. Not a single original thought in his head.
Of course there are, but we should be capable enough to be responsible for our own continent. That starts by making sure all NATO members pay their fair share every year.
In today’s Daily Trump, the ‘kin maniac has called Zelenskyy an unelected dictator, and told him he won’t have a country left if he doesn’t concede. Ukrainians must be more terrified than ever.
As opposed to that paragon of democracy on the other side? I'm sure Zelensky is now more concerned about the unstable Americans than the Russians.
What a horrible, horrible man. Starmer needs to get on joining the EU customs union and realignment with the EU, Canada, NZ and Australia on defence etc as soon as possible as we don’t have an ally in USA any more.
The simplest, most obvious, and overdue response to this is for European government to actually grow some balls and admit their mistakes of not invetsing sufficiently in defence for decades. It's time for them to grow up and prioritise protecting citizens over self-interest and political ideologies through a large increase in defence spending. There's simply no excuse (or time) anymore and European leaders are now placing the people of Europe in danger as a result. Every nation in Europe is culpable to some degree, but the likes of Spain and Italy need to take a long hard look in the mirror more so than most. The time for talking is over. It's only decisive action and spending that will yield results for Europe hereon.
23 of the 34 NATO members spend the required amount on defence. USA is only the 3rd largest spender as a proportion of GDP. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-44717074
He has made more than $50bn on his Trumpcoin scam, possibly a lot more. Basically every single corrupt nasty despot on the planet, looking for favours from the biggest nasty despot, has bought Trumpcoin, and Trump has made enough to pay off everyone and everything. That is, if he deigns to. It is a certain bet that Putin underwrote Trumpcoin. I would bet Farage has also bought it, and used Reform funds to do so. Putin also underwrote Brexit, and Johnsons election, but we are denied the report on that. He has projected himself (and his family via his wife's coin release) into the oligarch world, from the sewer of bankrupt casinos and hotel property money frauds. He is now destroying the judiciary that once held him to justice, and will emerge untouchable. It seems unbelievable but that is exactly what's happening. We only have one choice and that is to back Ukraine and to it now. Europe needs to grow a backbone and fast, they need weapons and men so that's what we should be sending, a message needs to sent to Putin and Trump that Europe is not their concern its ours. Trump is barking mad and I can't figure his logic in his position on Ukraine and sidling up to Putin, what's in it for him? I can only see he is repaying his debt. Or he's just very, very thick. Yeah it's probably just that.
I wouldn't put too much store by that it really isn't telling the important part of the story...the fact is that the 2% of GDP was agreed unanimously by NATO Member states at the Riga Summit in 2006. UK has at least met that consistently without fail....Poland met it in 2014 and have continued to do so...in fact increased it recently. Of the most populous countries not a single one has, until and for the first time, the year after Putin invaded Ukraine. The most important part of it is that it was also agreed that of the 2%...20% had to be spent on new equipment. That is multi billions worth of £€$ worth of upto date equipment that they haven't bought and can't bring to the battlefield should war break out.
We'll see who the "dictator without elections" is when Trump's term ends in 2029, I don't think he's going to walk out peacefully.
Whilst we're here....... Robert F. Kennedy Jr. one of Trump's henchmen, and someone who looks even more deranged than his boss, if thats possible........said that a pork tapeworm larva, or brain worm, ate part of his brain in 2010. Kennedy said he sought medical help after experiencing memory loss and mental fogginess. He eventually recovered without lasting consequences. (very debatable) A former friend of Kennedy was on the radio last week, he said his former friend suffered a complete character change due to the nematode worm that was found in his brain. He said he wouldn't now trust him to drive a vehicle, let alone run an office of state. He thinks he is functionally insane. There's a pattern forming with this administration and let's not even get started on Muskolini.