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You do if your war effort is being propped up by other countries.

Seriously Pete, what is the alternative? There’s a lot of faux outrage on here today but a complete unwillingness to accept the facts on the ground. Something the West, in its complacency, has complete forgot the fundamental truism in international relations: might is right. In the Cold War...

Exactly my point. It just isn’t sustainable and there needs to be an acknowledgement of that reality.

It also displayed why Zelensky is considered a difficult man to work with by multiple world leaders, including the last US president.

That’s the thing, you can disagree with the ways and means of it… what is a viable alternative to the Trump/Vance view of the situation? Does Ukraine have the resources to oust Russia? No. Does the west have the political will to intervene on Ukraine’s behalf to oust Russia? Also, no. There’s...

I respect Zelensky for standing up for himself. Ultimately, if he doesn’t like a deal, he doesn’t have to accept the terms and continue to fight on without US support. The reality is, there is no defined victory conditions, or plan to force the Russians out. The war in its current state relies...

It makes sense, it’s the only policy area where budget cuts are popular.

That was probably the most predictable thing about the Russian method of warfare throughout history.

It partly failed because of restrictions imposed on military given to Ukraine from Europe and the USA. Had the Ukrainians made incursions into Russian territory at the same time at the Wagner rebellion… who knows what could’ve happened. Which makes the faux outrage from Europe and the Democrats...

He had a 1st term that was successful. The Abraham Accords were a massive success. He called Kim Jong-Un ‘Rocket Man’, teased him by saying he had a bigger red button. This was derided at the time but then Trump and Kim had a summit in Singapore. Which was something of a diplomatic coup...

US investments in the area ties them to Ukrainian’s long term security. Both the Biden and Trump teams are said to have found Zelensky to be a difficult man to deal with so Trump’s outbursts probably forced him to the negotiation table for the deal they’ve just signed. Biden was a weak president...

In military analyst circles, it was believed that even Trump would even escalate support for Ukraine if the Russians were seen to be negotiating in bad faith. For all the crying people saying he’s in awe of Putin and giving everything he wants… Simply not true and the US strategists can...

I wouldn’t say many are denigrating Sakamoto. Speaking for myself here, it’s pushing back on a mantra that this combination of players is amazing. Frankly, it’s not. Sakamoto, in my estimation will be a great role player for us but he’s not the main guy. Wright had played as many games at RW...

You look at the accounts and the growth in revenue shows the club is being run well and sustainably. There’s an operating loss but that’s a reality of chasing the riches of Premiership football. There is a narrative that you need ‘football people’ to run a football club. That was probably true...

How exactly? He’s scored 2 goals and only 1 assist. Oxford he got a goal and assists and his goal v Norwich Sakamoto wasn’t on the pitch. If anything, Rudoni links up with him the best down the right flank. This idea Sakamoto gets the best out of MVE is a mantra we keep repeating without being...

You’d hope this is a game where we don’t need to do too much pressing because we have a lot of possession. In any case, BTA may actually be better at pressing than Bassette. Even Simms’ 2nd goal against Sheff W demonstrated his targeted pressing has actually led to a goal.

Egotist and narcissist are two descriptors that get overused now, similarly to how people say ‘literally’ about non-literal things. If you’ve met the guy and been around him for a period time, perhaps your opinion is informed. A lot of people say those things are uninformed and that makes me weary.

Kompany getting the Bayern job sent all the wrong messages. I feel the same way about Maresca being fast tracked to the Chelsea job, last year Leicester didn’t have a Plan B whenever they hit snags in games. Acolytes of elite managers can now have 1 good season in the championship and be fast...

Yep, calling King SISU 2.0 explains why he’s got an axe to grind with him. Safe to say we can take what he says about King with a pinch of salt.

Why do people think King is egotistical? If he was, he wouldn’t have U-turned on many things. Egotists don’t tend to admit they’re wrong and to his credit, he has several times. At the fans forum after Robins sacking, if anyone spoke to me as they did to him, I would get arsey them and imagine...