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Republican Senator Lindsey Graham had something very relevant to say in Munich.

If interested, use Google.

At the 2018 Nato summit, Trump threatened to walk away unless the other members stepped up. Europe assured him that it would, and then didn’t

We cannot argue about that.

TVR. How right you are. It didn’t take Hitler too long to decide he would like the rest of Czechoslovakia after taking the Sudetenland with its German-speaking minority. Spinelessness of the opposition was also part of his calculation. Rhineland, Austria and then both parts of Czechoslovakia - second Chechen war, Georgia, Crimea, Ukraine. IKN the ignorant does not know his history. If he did he would just discount the uncanny parallels anyway a la Tim and a la Dattabase.

IKN.Try to base your opinions on solid evidence. You have shown that you have scant regard for the facts of life in Russia today. It is better to say nothing than get castigated for sheer ignorance as you have been today and not only by me.

IKN. You would do well not to feel obliged to answer every post. I’ll just leave it at that.

Those warrants expire in six weeks time. Anyone think a renewal will be necessary?

I thought it odd that they did not extend by at least six months.

You talk like a simpleton with nuffin between your ears.

Russia has no money to develop its ressources and spend increasingly huge sums on the military at the same time. I said in a previous post it took decades to ruin the USSR but not this time - accelerated economic decline will lead to disaster ‘shortly’ - unless Lord Trump is merciful and lets this evil man off the hook. That would be another disaster but you haven’t the wherewithal between your ears to understand that. Peace in our time - don’t make us laugh.

You certainly know nuffin if you think Ukraine has to accept a Putin -Trump deal. If the US is going to leave NATO by what right can it make a binding deal on Ukraine’s behalf? and then say hand over $500B of rare earths for past favours. Trump cannot order NATO to obey his commands or accept deals made in their name a with no input. NATO needs to stand up to Putin and destroy him economically in no time by matching his defence spending. Rutte is absolutely right. Russia has only the GDP of Spain and European countries alone can destroy Putin and any like-minded successor if there is the will.

Such measures would encourage the down-trodden ethnic minorities in Russia to outright rebellion. Russia as presently constituted would collapse from within.

Varadkar, in an unguarded moment, exposed the cowardice of the previous government, when he let slip that there was no reason not to use indigenous resources. Forget ‘drill,baby,drill’ - just drill and be damned sure it is the right thing to do.

Right, BBagins. Tim, Dattabase, Mizman etc cannot ignore what happened. They can only attempt to rewrite history and argue that black is really white. They can only believe 140 ‘brain-washed’ nations could have censured Putin back in 2022.

The ECT considers whether the actions of any particular country in dealing with a company is reasonable in view of its obligations to said company. Ryan may have acted legally but totally unreasonably. If he did, then LOGP and the others will have a case that the Irish government feels it cannot adequately defend. Of course Ryan will be beaming if it goes to court! He and the Greens will feel like they are back in power.

Too many Nazis in Germany support their fellow Nazi in Moscow. Many of them are from the former East Germany(DDR), which is very revealing indeed and explains their mindset!

Well said, Seamus and others this morning about NATO’s position and role.

Putin is at the end of his tether - large stick and minimal carrot is what is required. Trump knows the dire situation inside Russia. Putin must know Trump can make or break him.

He must be praying for the miracle that saved Frederick the Great in 1762. Putin very definitely will have that event in mind and know about it. It will be preying on his mind!

SB clearly expects there will be reinstatement or he would have pursued the legal route more vigorously before now. It appears he has well-heeled share holders who will support whatever action leads to the best result, as Swizz indicated a long time ago. They clearly think there will be better and quicker money if Barryroe is developed. They may be aware of private discussions between Independents and FF/FG before the election. If they let EOG and PRD proceed but deny the LU to Barryroe, well imagine the exchanges in the ECT court room.

Remember there is much less uncertainty about Barryroe than there is about Inishkea West at ten or twelve times the depth.

Stop posting ridiculous ads for a stock. If that counts as pumping, then I'm against it.

Let people look at the history, background and performance for themselves and decide whether to buy, without being assaulted with glaring, blaring banners like that.

Right you are, Pat me boy. Master82 does have a slave mentality. What did the master race do to forced foreign labourers in WW2? Worked them to death which took just three months. Mind you, Putin’s average soldier don’t even last nearly that long before being shot to death.

Munich and peace as some one mentioned yesterday?

NATO’s weakness and senility (admitted by Macron and castigated by Trump) is the cause of disaster in Ukraine not the menacing force the Putin idolaters disingenously attribute to a defence organisation. Draw a timely line at Georgia in 2008 after clear warnings from previous years and Putin would not have dared to continue with dangerous adventures. Rhineland 1936 all over again.

Liveinhope, I like that! Decision within weeks shows a sense of u-r-g-ency for which the Irish are not noted.

GLG2 features at 27th on my all-time list of undesirables,sandwiched between MrYFRONTS

(alias MrJockStraps) and Icarus69. Take sides, always make trolls feel unwelcome.

A sanctioned company appears on CS’s list of potential buyers?? Definitely not. CS told us Western companies disappeared from view after the war started. I understand NN is not sanctioned although Potanin himself is or was. Did he not step back from office to stop precisely this from happening? The $27B eminence grise will still be in the background, of course. At least that was his worth five years ago.

You said $50B for munitions, I said $500B - could we meet somewhere in the middle?

Well, if Ukraine has $15T of the stuff, I’m sure they can.