Aug 19, 2026
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To see 50,000 NATO troops in Ukraine would be great! But we won’t even see 50. The West is too weak and too cowardly to send troops. It won’t even declare a no-fly zone, not even in western Ukraine, to help protect NATO airspace.
Your version worked for me Bill.
Thank you.
You’re welcome. Not sure what happened to the other link.🤔
Excellent discussion from two high class contributors.
Unfortunately Ukrainians must wait for their own ant-ballistic system to come online and ballistic missiles capable of hitting Muskovy are still a way off.
The fact is the putler intends to take all Donbas, however long it takes. While he is attempting that, savage and satanic attacks will continue and escalate against civilians.
Hate crimes, terror, genocide, rape, torture and theft are the stock in trade of the putinaZi fiends.
What can Ukraine do?
It certainly cannot rely on allies that’s for sure, but I was heartened by Andy Burnham’s words about the fact that we aren’t fair weather friends and will be be with Ukraine until they win.
However, whilst the quality of the British armed forces is as good as any in the world, we are only a medium military power with barely the capability to defend our island, let alone provide an expeditionary force of sufficient mass and power to make a serious difference in Ukraine even if Andy sent them, which is highly. We are the second biggest supplier, behind Germany, of lethal force. But it’s not enough.
In September 2021, it was certain that putler would invade. Military pundits said that three divisions of combat troops and a NFZ would have been enough for Putler to defer or cancel his genocide, thus giving Ukraine time to fortify itself.
The Budapest signatories could and should have done that. But no, Ukrainians and their children have been murdered and their homes destroyed, all because Germany, France and later the U.S. kept Ukraine out of Nato.
Reminder : how much help did Georgia receive in 2008? Fucking zero. And now since 2012 Georgians have been stuck with a putlerist junta.
That could still happen to Ukraine.
“We are the second biggest supplier, behind Germany, of lethal force. But it’s not enough.”
AIr defense is what’s needed right now. Ukraine is putting the hurt on the cockroaches but so are they with the only card they have left; ballistics.