tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post566758160707091676..comments2024-03-28T17:44:07.653+00:00Comments on TPQ: Sleepwalking Into WarAMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-16411813719011272362023-03-27T16:03:33.560+01:002023-03-27T16:03:33.560+01:00If the reports are true, you might be right Barry....If the reports are true, you might be right Barry.<br /><br />Caoimhin O'MuraileCaoimhin O'Murailehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13014116388545562992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-54954146456622771322023-03-27T16:02:20.837+01:002023-03-27T16:02:20.837+01:00Thats true, Anthony, but if I were Putin I'd a...Thats true, Anthony, but if I were Putin I'd at least be honest with myself, if nobody else. The military performance of the hitherto highly regarded Russian Army has been third rate in military terms at best. Putin would be very unwise to take on any country whose armed forces have a good pedigree, Finlands armed forces have just that.<br />If I were him, having failed to rid the fear of Caoimhin O'Murailehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13014116388545562992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-43817080233787979722023-03-26T23:26:14.320+01:002023-03-26T23:26:14.320+01:00The plan by Putin to station nuclear missiles in h...The plan by Putin to station nuclear missiles in his vassal state of Belarus may just edge that doomsday clock a second or two towards midnight.Barry Gilheanyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14220262677398695734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-47090686972086320272023-03-26T17:35:30.987+01:002023-03-26T17:35:30.987+01:00From the outset of the Russian invassion of Ukrain...From the outset of the Russian invassion of Ukraine I have been apprehensive to the possibilities of a wider war --Irelands neutrality is not a radiation shield from any nuclear fallout that comes our way.<br /><br />It should not be forgotten that the Ukrainian people have the right to self determination --regardless of the ills of the US/NATO and weapon manufacturers --their interests all Christy Walshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04285159252818207266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-85299330168385786092023-03-26T15:13:33.763+01:002023-03-26T15:13:33.763+01:00Coaimhin - people like you and me will always wond...Coaimhin - people like you and me will always wonder why any nation would want to join NATO. But the nation that was not within NATO was invaded so it probably feels safer within.<br />Even if it could defeat Russia, look at the cost of resisting invasion. The horrendous war crimes, the destroyed cities, the refugee crisis. <br />The Western reports I pay the greatest attention to are are those AMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-69839574851576542492023-03-26T14:15:07.141+01:002023-03-26T14:15:07.141+01:00I don't know why Finland would want to join NA...I don't know why Finland would want to join NATO, Anthony. If western reports are to be believed it seems to me, certainly on this showing, Finland could handle Russia without anybody elses help. Why go to such expence? Why commit 5% is it of GDP to be a member of NATO? If I was Putin, again if western reports are correct, and they are now all we have, I'd be thinking how to get the fuck Caoimhin O'Murailehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13014116388545562992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-80666349371216429622023-03-26T09:27:11.880+01:002023-03-26T09:27:11.880+01:00Great piece, Tommy, how correct it is. Irrespectiv...Great piece, Tommy, how correct it is. Irrespective of who is to blame in the Ukraine we, as a planet and, therefore species, are under eternal threat not only from vastly accelarated climate change, but nearing nuclear destruction. The clock is ticking on both counts. If midnight is reached, or when it is arrived at and these missiles start flying it will be of no consequence whatsoever who is Caoimhin O'Murailehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13014116388545562992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-26476969512126714562023-03-26T09:03:34.129+01:002023-03-26T09:03:34.129+01:00I see Sanna Marin is facing an uphill battle in Fi...I see Sanna Marin is facing an uphill battle in Finland to retain her premiership. There is some speculation that she was not eager to advance the incorporation of the country into NATO. 80% of the population according to the polls favours the move. NATO could never have attracted that level of support but for the invasion of Ukraine. And I suspect that no matter what the composition of the Dail,AMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-57564221662787390402023-03-25T22:58:39.553+00:002023-03-25T22:58:39.553+00:00Tommy, where do you mention Russia's unprovok...Tommy, where do you mention Russia's unprovoked invasion of the independent nation of Ukraine, an act of aggression by an imperialist autocracy on a sovereign democracy?Barry Gilheanyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14220262677398695734noreply@blogger.com