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Biden had a plan? First time ever. Not sure about it though. Use Ukranian blood to gum up the wheels of the Russian military.... Seems rather callous, even for a Democrat.

Good, because it wasn't. Big scale budget items like defense spending are projected forward. So the defense budget this year was projected from 2-3 years ago. Starmer is doing the same now, projecting forward, not for this year. You can see the precipitous decline in military spending when Obama was President, but a reversal when Trump took office.

Yes, but from 2012-16 it was flat, even lower. As it went much lower from 2008-2012. And who was President in those years.... Then in 2017 it started to creep back up...

Really? Who was President from 2017-2020 then? The budget for 2020 was settled in 2019, when Trump was President. The 2021 budget was decided in 2020, when Trump was President. So we could see this as The Trump Effect 1.0 then.

Exactly. Also, if their programmes are so vital, surely it would be easy to raise funds from the public through charitable donations rather than relying on the government... Amazing to see "The Trump Effect" working even on a squish like Starmer. The dread prospect of not relying on Uncle Sugar to keep him safe has motivated him nicely.

Love how the Hamas "fighters" hide amongst children, and keep their faces covered. Truly evil. One hopes that Netanyahu can keep it together until the rest of the hostages are freed, and then turns Gaza into a parking lot. Besides, what kind of twisted monster keeps the bodies of their victims as hostages?

You ARE joking, I presume. Polievre was born to a teenage mother, and adopted by a family of two teachers. Grew up in a very modest household. Now compare that to Silver Spoon Trudeau...

Pretty sure he will win the nomination. Freeland is annoying and has that "I'm so smart I will talk to you like you are a kindergarden student" voice. I dislike Carney's policys intensely, but he is undeniably clever. I wonder how he will fare in politics and debates with actual opposition. PP was caught flat-footed by Trudeau's resignation and has been scrambling to retool his political campaign. But he still has the juice to win, thankfully. God help the country if Carney is elected, though

Nah, we have enough woke-scolds already in network news here. Especially bitchy francophone women.

On behalf of the nation of Canada, I apologize for foisting Lyse Doucet on the British public.

And individually, you are absolutely correct. Yet you avoided my point that, on a societal level, that is not true. "Some radicals" did not expel the Jews from every country in North Africa and the Middle East.

Peaceful people? Hmmm. You may want to look at the Arab League, and see what happened to religious minorities in those countries.

Sad, but how is this relevant to the topic? Lots of gay folks getting their Teslas tagged?

Very true. And sadly he will probably walk away with a chunk of Ukraine and guarantees that Ukraine won't join NATO. But however unpalatable that outcome is, the alternative is worse. If you want to actually try and expel Russia from all of Ukraine, then you need to involve NATO ground and air forces. Which means WW3. How many thousands of British and American and Polish and German lives are you willling to throw onto the fire?

Guess this explains why the summer of 2020 riots were "mostly peaceful". Loony lefties don't consider vandalism and property destruction to be violence.

I agree, let Europe do what it wants to do. ESPECIALLY let Europe defend itself. Too many free riders and Cheap Charlies who are counting on Uncle Sugar to save their bacon. All the while sneering when they are hit with the cold hard truth. I remember years ago when Trump scolded them for being too reliant on Russian fossil fuels and they nearly laughed in his face. Who's laughing now, soyboys?

I like Megyn but she needs to STFU once in a while and let her guests actually talk. She has the bad habit of asking a question, then saying "now let me tell you what I think..." I would recommend; Triggernometry with Constantin Kisin The Fifth Column with Michael Moynihan, Matt Welch, and Kmele Foster No Agenda with Adam Curry and John C. Dvorak Part of the Problem with Dave Smith

Definitely in decline, but also pretty much the only fleet to even try in NATO.

You make fair points from a strategic and Command/Control perspective. To use a possibly silly analogy, "too many cooks spoil the broth". You also mentioned a vital but often overlooked problem- that of 'projecting power'. The US is really the only country with strategic airlift and sealift capacity, long range strike aircraft, etc. But Europe has been hiding behind Uncle Sugar for decades. I just watched an interesting documentary on Deutche Weille (spelling probably terrible) TV about who can lead Europe, and why it isn't Germany. The collective GDP of Europe is more than 10 times that of Russia. It should be easy to put together a strong and unified defence. But 30 years of foot dragging will be hard to overcome in the short term.

Good. They can panic their way back to where they came from. Gaza needs medical personnel, and they can live happily amongst other anti-semitics. Yet somehow I have a feeling they are reluctant to give up the comfort and luxury of living in a western style democratic country. They are the worst kind of posers.

You are right. No amount of weapons will help when the need is bodies. Ukraine is running out of bodies. So either the Europeans/US join in the fun and risk WW3, or the war ends with some harsh conditions for Ukraine. Any other outcome seem possible?

Thanks, that is a reasonable alternative. Sad that others can only keep bleating out what they consider to be funny quips and 'gotchas' instead of articulating anything remotely serious.

Whether or not the US contributes to any defence of a NATO country shouldnt prevent the European members from participating. They are more than welcome to send in their troops and fight the Russian scourge.

Applied fairly or not, it is STILL the law. "Hey, that guy is getting away with it" is a poor argument. Now, if the police were fining foreigners for things that are not illegal, different story. But there is no indication that that is happening.

Funny, I don't see too many reports of Jewish medical staff threatening to kill Muslim patients, do you? Or recent Jewish immigrants using cars as weapons to terrorize the population.