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That was very brave of him. I mean, going against the propaganda and saying the truth could cost him his job. Politicians don't like it when they are made to look like fools. Anyway, is he seriously contemplating a world war in 3 years time? Even without nukes ( and how unlikely is that? ) it's over for the west, IMO. We are broke, and fat boys don't fight well.

FOUR units, oooooh that'll stop those naughty Russian missiles for sure, LOL. Simplest thing ever to put up more drones and UAVs than there are Patriot missiles and then BOOM, no air defense left. If it wasn't so sad for the Ukrainain grunts it'd be funny in a gruesome way.

LOL. They can say whatever they like. It'll take ages to increase production- machinery doesn't magically appear, and by that time it could be all over. Anyway, they are broke, so where is the money coming from?

LOL. It's hardly united behind her. That is like saying every GOP congressperson supports Trump.

Unfortunately you are not correct. Harris was not democratically elected. She didn't win any primaries and far as I know there is but one vote for both president and VP. At no point has she been democratically chosen by voters to be the POTUS candidate.

IMO the statement "saving our democracy" is a lie. IMO only those that believe Democrat propaganda think American democracy is in jeopardy. What's undemocratic is trying to remove the opponent by misusing the judicial system. Anyway, Biden was obviously reading the speech, so it was whatever his handlers wrote. I watched the speech and he looked very strange, as though he had been drugged or something. His head never moved and he wasn't looking at the camera. BTW, he told a huge lie that I heard- apparently he appointed the first black woman to SCOTUS. Even though he was obviously reading the speech he still got confused in parts, and said IMO nonsensical things. No doubt the speech is going to be analysed in depth and those lapses exposed.

They had the address and the netanyahu sycophants were all applauding the war criminal. Says much about the character of many in congress. A few boycotted the war criminal's speech, so some are not in thrall to the israeli lobby.

I doubt netanyahu cares about what a lame duck POTUS wants, especially if he thinks Trump will win.

I bet they did. Colluding to negate the rights of the Gazan's to self determination. I understand israel and the UAE doing so, but the US is usually somewhat forward in pushing that it is the land of the free etc and supports democracy etc, but seems all that is just hot air and smoke when it comes to the rights of Palestinians. Hypocrisy writ large.

Is old stuff all you have? That was many years ago. Can't you come up with something more relevant.

When stating something as a fact you are required by forum rules to prove it.

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She's on the expected bounce. An upsurge is not unusual, but will it last? Plenty of time for the GOP to destroy her, based on her own actions, or in the case of the southern border, inaction. IMO she is inherently unlikable, and incompetent, but will that be enough to make her lose? We will have to wait till November to know. The main thing for me, is that she didn't win a primary in her POTUS bid- people just don't like her.

Has the OP seen a chiropractor? I had many long term spinal problems that went away after a course at the chiropractor. I should have gone to one 20 years ago.

Depends on the individual's response. I took both together and were of no more use that either alone. I also have paracetamol and codeine, but that's prescription only in NZ. Even that doesn't work very well for me.

While I agree with the mockers that Britain will never be able to resurrect an equivalent of BAOR ( no money left to do so, and fat boys don't want to join the military ), but IMO he has it 100% correct to be concerned that Russia will emerge stronger, better armed, and more invigorated than the west, which hides behind the myth that NATO will protect us. All NATO has, IMO, is MAD.

LOL. To read some posts on here Russia can barely cobble together missiles with washing machine components, so the idea that Russia has "advanced air to ship missiles" must be shock!

Difference between Russia and the west, IMO, is that Russia is in survival mode and is more on a war footing than the west, which is pretending that the war isn't affecting them. I assume that is why no western politician has declared that weapons manufacturing must be ramped up, which I can't see succeeding without convincing the voters that they are in a survival situation.

If Biden's smart he will nudge Zelenkiy to the finishing line before elections in the US so he can claim that victory for the Dems rather than let Trump have it soon after if he wins. In a better world, but our world is run by the likes of Biden and Zelensky. Not for the first time in history, a better option may be lost to human hubris.

I agree with that, but we are talking about Zelensky here, and IMO he knows his fate once it's over, and like a certain other leader prolonging a war to stay in power, he may choose to lose more of his own than capitulate. Of course that is only my opinion.

What some armchair warriors may not understand is that as well as bullets an army needs morale. Funny thing morale- it's not something that can be supplied like canned food, it's not something physical like a rifle, but it's as essential to win a war as either canned food or rifles. Good leaders like Napoleon knew how to instill good morale, but even he was unable to stop it vanishing like frost in the sun when events go against the troops. One thing likely to go against good morale is when one's side starts to lose. Seems that Ukraine is in that situation now, and no amount of Zelensky in his cosplay soldier's suit on tv is going to revive it, IMO. On the other hand, winning is excellent for instilling morale and that is on the Russian side.

Good post, but a shame you let your personal opinion of Trump taint it.

That could change if Zelensky thinks Harris might win. I doubt she will have a different policy to Biden. If that happens it will be bad luck for the Ukrainians that will die in the war.

So what? The situation is what it is and whatever the reason for not stopping Russia advancing is irrelevant to facts on the ground. Excuses don't win battles.

Some of us noted that Starmer is likely an <deleted> a while back, and seems we were right. Any embarrassment by Starmer is IMO of his own making.