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How disrespectful ......

Lodger

Hypothetically, how would you have expected European powers to have reacted to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, had they held such a capability ?

General Mark Clark's US 5th Army liberated Rome on 4th June 1944. He was mightily pissed off when this event didn't make the front pages of the US press, having been overshadowed by D-Day.

It took the 8th Army and the US 5th Army 2 years to fight up the length of Italy in WW2. Excellent defensive mountainous terrain.

Not could we, and we have tried many times.

When Churchill visited the White House in 1942 he wore a blue boiler suit. I suspect that nobody asked him if he owned a jacket.

I hope you continue to follow this advice.

Nic, do you agree with Sachs over COVID having been bio-engineered by the US ?

To put Sachs in context, In July 2022, Sachs said he was "pretty convinced," though "not sure" that COVID-19 came out of "U.S. lab biotechnology," which is considered by the European Union to be COVID-19 disinformation by China. While Sachs has leanings toward the possibility of a virus leak from a "U.S.-backed laboratory research program," he has stated that "A natural spillover is also possible, of course. Both hypotheses are viable at this stage.". He has also appeared on Russian TV debates stating that Ukraine should sue for peace and give up on it's "maximalist demands" that Russia should withdraw from all occupied territory. He has been regularly criticized because of his apparent refusal to apportion any blame to Putin for the war. He was the economist who directly influenced the economic policies of Gorbachev and Yeltsin that drastically crashed the Russian economy. He has views that may appeal to some, but he is nothing more than a self styled 'expert' viewing the World from his university ivory tower.

So, from that, what was Putin's justification for attempting to wipe Ukraine off the map ? What justification is there for Bucha, Mariupol, and the total erasure of entire towns ? Of the systematic torture and brutalization of "liberated" civilian populations, or the kidnapping and brain washing of thousands of children ?

Bowled out for 179, the lowest score in a completed innings in the tournament, and, unless a miracle bowling performance materialises, because Bangladesh and Pakistan both had a washout, the only team to not get a point. McCullum has made a real difference to the ODI team. I read somewhere that so far this year the men's and women's teams, combined, have played 25 matches across all formats, and won 1.

Nobody gets close to matching Ian Gillan's Jesus on the original concept album.

In the next batch of Executive Orders Trump will be signing one that removes the word Loyalty from the dictionary.

Given, for the moment, nobody is even considering raising taxes, where else would you cut spending to increase the defence budget ?

The Ebola program has been reinstated.

15 electric VWs were sent as part of the deal to deport Albanian prisoners from the UK.

It was a deliberate plan to undermine him live on TV. Everybody knows his position on what he wears, and he wore exactly the same style of clothing on his previous visits to the US, whether to address the UN or to meet Biden, Harris, and Trump. Musk is now wading in over this issue. What a lot of utterly contemptible shits they have running the US.

Putin's poodles in the GOP are coming out and praising Trump and Vance for 'standing up for the USA'.

Is Trump a figurehead whilst Vance is the Project2025 attack dog ?

The deal has not been signed.

Apparently an interview with Zelensky on FOX News at 23:00 GMT is still going ahead.

I don't think Trump, and especially Vance, like being corrected when they come out with clearly incorrect 'facts'.

Trump wants Putin as a counter-balance to China, so won't piss him off too much. He loves "strong man" leaders.