Chomper Higgot

You seem to have missed the news that it is Putin who is hiring mercenaries. As for corruption, did you miss the bit about the Oligarchs or the impact corruption has had on the Russian military? On the upside you managed to sneak your bogeyman enemy in, who as is your custom, you fail to name.

The only person who wanted this war is Putin. It is Putin who gave the orders for the illegal war of aggression. Not everyone chooses to obfuscate the matter.

How many have any education in health and medicine?

Everyone is already paying higher energy bills as a direct result of Putin’s illegal war of aggression. War, incase you didn’t know, is a very effective way (in a free market economy) to create economic growth. Orders for weapons to supply Ukraine are already creating employment, driving up dividends. COVID has not destroyed any western economy, quit with your nonsense claims to the contrary.

Non sequitur rooted in adherence to Russian propaganda.

‘Peace in our time’. It has a certain ‘ring, to it. An almost circular ring.

But, and I hate to break this to you, Ivermectin is a horse dewormer. A fact people who bought it from equestrian and farm supply outlets were well aware of.

Sanctions are starting to bite hard: https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russia-will-take-legal-action-if-forced-into-sovereign-debt-default-newspaper-2022-04-10/

If it’s not Russia or Ukraine, it’s by definition off topic.

Peace was given a chance. Putin put a stop to it. I pleased to see you are catching up with the consequences of his actions. As I said earlier: Putin has delivered Russia out of cooperation and trade into isolation and containment.

There’s a difference between what individual citizens of a nation want and the aggressive military actions ordered by a tyrant. Although, for some, it appears backing the tyrant is a thing.

You are clearly unaware of the fact re-arming Germany has, since 1945, been seen by Russia as a provocation. Germany, relying on NATO and therefore not re-arming, was a very deliberate policy of Western diplomacy towards maintaining peace with Russia. However, as I observe, Russia has demonstrated all peace treaties with Russia are worthless. German re-armament is a policy change Russia always objected to but which Putin’s aggression has brought about.

Russia’s strategic mistake goes a lot further than driving an expansion of NATO. Russia is signatory to numerous treaties with its neighbors that provide security assurances to Russia and those neighbors. Russia’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine renders all security treaties with Russia worthless. Germany, just one nation, recognized this by increasing military spending to very much more than Russia. Putin has delivered Russia out of cooperation and trade into isolation and containment.

They were out for Kiev last month. How did that work out?

Plan B.

Once the misinformation has been thoroughly debunked, those who previously swallowed it would rather the rest of us forget they did do.

The choices NATO and wester European nations have before them are presented because of Russia’s illegal invasion of Ukraine. They are the ‘what could go wrong’ in Putin’s orders. The question is muted by Putin’s aggression but still relevant to appeasers and his apologists.

Perhaps you should accept reality, the energy market has moved on from coal and nobody has decommissioned the nuclear power plants tgey already have. Although Russia did attack one with artillery.

No it does not. under normal circumstances it takes years secure funding, clear building and environmental regulations, to procure the equipment, vessels and piping. Construction and commissioning takes a few months. These are not normal circumstances. Funding is a matter of a government signature. EU Environmental regulations have a specific clause permitting governments to bypass all the regulations on the grounds of national security or to safeguard national infrastructure/the supply of strategic resources. So regulation is not an issue. Vessels, equipment and piping are a available from ongoing O&G projects, they can be redirected. The main gas distribution networks already exist, gas terminals already exist. To receive gas shipments these need to be modified, not completely built. All this is already in process.

Is that a hypothetical trip you are referring to?

Erm, yes.

Well he knows a photo opportunity when he sees one. Has he done his ‘Fight them on the beaches’ pastiche yet? Rest assured, it’s coming.

The warnings go back to the Regan Presidency. I worked on engineering designs for the gas compression control scheme, the company I worked for was subject to US Government sanctions for having taken the contract. But it was the 80’s and the choice was, take the contract or go bust.

Have a word with yourself. https://edition.cnn.com/2022/02/26/europe/ukraine-zelensky-evacuation-intl/index.html

Once again you speak as if you know Putin’s mind.