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Why would Russia agree to those terms?

Yep and I agree. Russia has already ‘ruled out’ foreign troops to enforce the peace. At the end of the day, the position of the Trump administration is influenced by what happened 2 years prior and frankly, the previous US administration and EU countries gave Ukraine enough to prevent collapse...

That’s not really on the table though is it? They will probably cede the Donbas and Luhansk. Unless NATO directly intervenes, which it won’t, Ukraine doesn’t look likely to eject the Russian occupation. The only bet Ukraine has is if the Russian Federation collapses in a similar fashion to how...

This and it’s naive that any country other than the Baltic states and Poland have a real shared interest with Ukraine.

The chaotic nature of the withdrawal was the damaging thing rather than the actual withdrawal itself. It was immensely embarrassing for the US and NATO members. Trump wasn’t in office so we really don’t know one way or the other how it would’ve went down. He is on record saying his advice was...

Did you know the IRGC (of which Qasem Soleimani was head of) is a designated terrorist group? … Minor correction, he was killed in Iraq rather than Iran so he wasn’t killed on Iranian “sovereign” soil. I won’t shed a tear for him and neither should you.

That’s a bad thing because…? Obama sanctioned the assassination of Osama Bin Laden, is that bad too?!

I work quite closely to export controls / sanctions space and frankly, it’s a mixed bag in terms of enforcement. It’s having an impact, but not the slam dunk politicians have suggested.

Remember, we’ve ‘sold’ a few young players to top 4 sides and have players like Eccles, Andrews and Obikwu coming through who may be able to fetch a good price. When you’ve come up from L2 to top end Championship in such a short space of time, there a a time lag where your infrastructure needs...

Net zero, in practice, has meant developed countries with large energy needs just export their emissions elsewhere. Germany had a successful ‘net zero’ policy of embracing nuclear power. Ironically, in the name of green policies and a fear of a Fukushima style meltdown. That is a tragedy for...

No it’s not. My take has been the EU’s and the Biden administration’s approach was a disaster. I do fear that the possibility that a Trump admin could give a big win to Russia and risk a bigger, global conflict down the line. However, the facts on the ground have changed materially from 2023 and...

Which would’ve gave Russia time to diversify its supply chain to service other countries, which it did. If it actually cared about Ukraine, it would’ve cut its imports and took on the cost of that decision. It didn’t. Gas and oil imports makes up a massive % of Russian revenue so the EU...

It’s embarrassing on their part. At one point they were refusing to let other EU nations (Spain and/or Poland) to export German-origin kit to Ukraine and Zelensky often complained at DE consignments being late. The European nations are panicking over what the talks mean for Ukraine mean. The...

Well, I’m on holiday that weekend so I’ll be on 1400+ by then, you can have my ticket and maybe a spare if it gets to my brother’s points range.

The Biden Administration’s foreign policy has been particularly disastrous. Its policies in Ukraine and elsewhere has basically prevented their allies in taking decisive action to ‘finish the job’. Right now, Ukraine doesn’t have the means to actually win and the war is a stalemate. If Ukraine...

The window of opportunity to beat Russia was for Biden to be more decisive in providing aid to Ukraine and allow the use of weapons in Russia. The Biden administration gave enough support for Ukraine to stay in the fight, but not enough to win it. Unless NATO is serious about putting boots on...

In the home end right next the away fans… 👀

Snap, you read my mind! Richard Keogh must’ve been an early pioneer of the CB flop, unfortunately.

I’ll have a look at 12pm if you’re still interested? The away ST was a great idea when we basically never sold out our allocations and now it’s the case where’s there’s too much demand for supply that’s available. The points system only an inconvenience when there’s a small allocation and...

Saddle is a valuable source of info on the forum but my own opinion is that his objectivity on King is potentially compromised. Presumably his source has reasons for this but I’m not ITK so that’s conjecture on my part. Compared to Jimmy87, the narratives from the respective ITKs are worlds...