I wonder if they'll see David Cameron on the way?Four retired West Sussex fire engines set off to Ukraine in the early hours of this morning, joining a whole convoy of equipment from about five or six other fire services, well done to all the volunteers transporting them, and the FireAid charity.
Exactly. I know it’s teen magazine-level psychology but I don’t see how indiscriminate attacks on civilians is strategically aligned at all with his goals, short or long term, so can only try to make sense of it in my head as the fury of a spurned lover, how dare you reject my embrace.
I have never seen anyone place so much hope in Stockholm syndrome, more weight perhaps than it will bear, before
You should write a book On War…
Ah, history nerd trigger warning: before Kevlar and similar, fur ( like multilayered silk) offered pretty good light weight protection against edged weapons, the thousands of fibres working in quite a similar way to modern ballistic soft armour (although ironically not modern stab proof armour). A bearskin offering almost as good protection against sabre cuts from people on horses as a metal helmet would have done at about half the weight. And made the wearer look bigger too, which was a psychological advantage… I did warn you.
Actually a proper solar topee or pith helmet is a really practical hat for keeping your head cool in really hot weather without restricting your vision too much…
you're taking the pith
One thing that has come out is Russians can't do combined warfare. I 'hope' China is a more worthy adversary coz at present seems a bit hard to justify needed NATO to be as kick arse as it is..Getting the agreement on 2% was hard work at the time
despite trying for many years nato didn't manage to defeat the taliban so facing a technologically advanced foe might easily be beyond them
I would like to apologise to Gramsci for this. I was out if order.
that shows a good spirit
yes, normally the advice is to double down and never apologise and never explain. but emanymton's unusual approach may reap rewards even in our hypercompetitive environmentBut, hardly in the spirit of urban.
People are posting on an irrelevant internet forum - its not "helping" anyone in regards this war...at best it is "helping" us understand the complexities of what is happening.
Yeah I didn’t really mean on here, it’s just a weird thing to see on the wider internet the massive overlap between the talking points pushed in Russian propaganda and the posts from well intentioned anti nazi and anti racism people.
i think part of it is that people don't like the side they support to be saddled with proper fascists
Reverse with me, think you can hope Ukraine repels the invasion and takes it as a chance to put own house in order. Now wider populous mobilsed by dire necessity, no so dependent on head bangers who just act as cover for Putin now. Plus fuck em.
So, in short: actually useful, rather than just taking the pith
That’s not refusing to pick a side though it’s just optimism.
And hats.
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I hope that the very practical experience the Ukrainian forces are having at the moment is enough to jolt that kind of thinking out of its rut, come the end of all this.
The Part Of Ukraine's Military Uniform That Makes No Sense - Grunge
A photograph of female Ukrainian soldiers rehearsing for an upcoming parade has caused nationwide controversy and outrage.
I usually find your posts insightful, but I don't think the Bush/Blair comparisons work, it just takes my mind to 'Bush and Blair were arseholes for that, and their domestic politics, and so's Putin for this and his domestic politics' and I don't think that's what you're getting at?
I suppose Bush/Blair were less delusional because the defeat of Iraq was quicker and with less cost to USUK than appears to be the case for Putin/Russia in Ukraine, although the insurgency and rise of isis counts against that.
The Iraqi regime of the time was demonstrably worse than modern Ukraine's too, although I didn't, and still don't, think that justified that invasion
