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It is good to know the significant depth of the coverage and discussion of the news to be found in the Daily Telegraph. -
OK...so why are Iran giving all those drones to Russia ? Care to share your insight ?Originally posted by JasonPalmer View PostFewer Smart things. More smart people.Comment
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Care to tell us who will be selected next for the axis of evil?Originally posted by Anastasius View PostComment
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North Korea seem to have forgotten to pay their subs.Originally posted by Serial_Apologist View PostComment
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I'm not sure that they're giving them to Russia. Iran probably has more use for basic economic support at the moment than a need to develop its nuclear capability. Russia would be a more acceptable ally to Iran, I assume, than the US which would want certain concessions. Though that does indicate that the regime is unwilling to make those concessions at the moment.Originally posted by Anastasius View PostIt isn't given us to know those rare moments when people are wide open and the lightest touch can wither or heal. A moment too late and we can never reach them any more in this world.Comment
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Yes - Iran and Russia are now of course both in the diplomatic doghouse, and Russia no longer being "Communist" would be out of Iran's own Satanic axis.Originally posted by french frank View PostComment
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No idea, marra. Thought that was your area of expertise ?Originally posted by Serial_Apologist View Post
Fewer Smart things. More smart people.Comment
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Today's telegraph mentions the start of some programs about putin and the west starting tonight,
From the 2014 seizure of Crimea to the invasion of Ukraine, this is the inside story of a decade of clashes - as told by the Western leaders who traded blows with Putin's Russia.Annoyingly listening to and commenting on radio 3...Comment
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Ah Western leaders...that stalwart of rational, unbiased, uncorrupted thought ..good ol' Dave 'Oh blimey, that Brexit vote didn't turn out right'.Originally posted by JasonPalmer View PostToday's telegraph mentions the start of some programs about putin and the west starting tonight,
From the 2014 seizure of Crimea to the invasion of Ukraine, this is the inside story of a decade of clashes - as told by the Western leaders who traded blows with Putin's Russia.Fewer Smart things. More smart people.Comment
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He's not the only one somewhat out of the picture, then.Originally posted by Anastasius View PostComment
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Two long articles - 8 pages in all - in Prospect, giving different perspectives. Jonathan Powell (who was involved in negotiating the Good Friday Agreement) takes the 'fighting while talking' view, as a ceasefire simply gives the Russians a breather space to regroup, rearm &c. But he stresses that preparations should be started now for eventual negotiations, citing examples (eg Galtieri, Milošević) of what has and hasn't worked in recent history - including with Germany after WW1. Vladimir Milov, a former Navalny adviser, argues that negotiations can't be carried out with Putin whose promises/concessions can't be relied on. He cites 12 examples where Putin's Russia has reneged on treaties and accords. Nothing is possible until Russia is defeated and/or Putin removed.It isn't given us to know those rare moments when people are wide open and the lightest touch can wither or heal. A moment too late and we can never reach them any more in this world.Comment
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Countries seem reluctant to give Ukraine large numbers of tanks and modern fighter jets, this does not look goo. Almost as if they want Ukraine to accept the lost territories.Annoyingly listening to and commenting on radio 3...Comment
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Are these the articles you meant?Originally posted by french frank View Post
Is the Jonathan Powell who wrote the first article this former Labour Adviser? - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonath...abour_adviser)Comment
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Or: almost as if they don't want to get involved in a direct war against Russia. Keep up at the back there. Anyway, it's not "countries", it's governments, with geopolitical agendas of their own.Originally posted by JasonPalmer View Post
All the talk in the media and from politicians is of tanks and planes and other weapons and hardly any of it is about the negotiated peace whose eventual occurrence is the only certain thing about this situation.Comment
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Putin now has an excuse to stop when he has reclaimed the bits he says belongs to Russia, spring offensive ..Annoyingly listening to and commenting on radio 3...Comment
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