tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1537213245172078183.post1208541347222995415..comments2023-09-28T13:28:52.243+01:00Comments on Raedwald: A NATO member can't be besties with PutinRaedwaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11699610899843349594noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1537213245172078183.post-77693098169798671332018-08-16T21:03:11.928+01:002018-08-16T21:03:11.928+01:00Erdogan is a prime piece of shit
He & DT shoul...Erdogan is a prime piece of shit<br />He & DT should get on together - deamgogic loonies, serially lying.<br />It's obvious that Putin is pulling the strings ....G. Tingeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09640068810654977205noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1537213245172078183.post-15561854155408632452018-08-13T22:19:34.706+01:002018-08-13T22:19:34.706+01:00Raedwald seems to be under some spell, believing t...Raedwald seems to be under some spell, believing that yUK has any kind of persuasive powers in NATO or more importantly the USA.<br />His Suez-like belief using the imperial "we", that the USA would listen to advice where to locate strategic airbases or instruct US-based money transfer enterprises how to operate is charming but totally unrealistic.<br />Might I suggest yUK sit back and learn how real-politik is conducted by President Trump.<br />In the meantime might I suggest that the current crisis may yet trigger ECB bail-ins of some of the weaker banks and create a crisis for the Euro. Some dimwits in Germany are even considering breaking the embargo on Iran and risking further US tariffs or other retaliations.<br />Meanwhile the EU is impotent (as always) to do anything about a perceived flood of more gimmegrant muslims currently in Turkey that could be unleashed at Erdogans pleasure.<br />In truth the EU and especially yUK would do well to re-evaluate their diplomacy towards Russia and Turkey. Taking into account real threats rather than the weak gruel served up related to Salisbury.Cascadiannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1537213245172078183.post-35958195157507959092018-08-13T18:21:09.697+01:002018-08-13T18:21:09.697+01:00Dirt is of little intrinsic worth and Russia lacks...Dirt is of little intrinsic worth and Russia lacks the Capital and Expertise to make use of much of its natural resources.<br />Lack of rivers and ports make transport of much of what it can extract uneconomic.<br /><br />Russia remains little more than a confederation of robber barons who have made little progress since they looted East Germany in 1945TrThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07316335177828136131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1537213245172078183.post-31483148836898699372018-08-13T18:16:01.879+01:002018-08-13T18:16:01.879+01:00This comment has been removed by the author.TrThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07316335177828136131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1537213245172078183.post-27186943098973895182018-08-13T18:15:04.532+01:002018-08-13T18:15:04.532+01:00He isnt the one trying to turn neighbours in to ho...He isnt the one trying to turn neighbours in to housemates.<br /><br />He has no reason to want bad relations with Turkey, and as long as the Turks stay out of Russias Slavic Sphere that wont change.<br /><br />I cant work out why everyone is blaming The US for Turkeys economic problems, what have they done?TrThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07316335177828136131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1537213245172078183.post-70302837765287677592018-08-13T17:35:46.157+01:002018-08-13T17:35:46.157+01:00I'd surmise that Turkey's next move will b...I'd surmise that Turkey's next move will be to demand compensatory financial support from the nearest available source - i.e. the EU. <br />If it isn't forthcoming, Turkey's refugees will be coming forth in large numbers, in the short hop (ca. 5km) from the western coast of Turkey to the Greek islands of Samos and Chios, and the barely more challenging 10km to Lesvos. <br />This, coinciding with a UK no longer paying EU fees (hah! as if!), a possible Italian bank crisis in the near future, and a fresh wave of anti-Merkel revolt in Germany, could mean the EU can no longer pay the Danegeld.<br />John Vaschttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00335331585265267754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1537213245172078183.post-46679810407642125052018-08-13T16:48:31.989+01:002018-08-13T16:48:31.989+01:00Does Putin really want closer ties to Islam? I wou...Does Putin really want closer ties to Islam? I would have thought the very opposite. Trump doesn't care and almost certainly doesn't know. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1537213245172078183.post-26029792055343441752018-08-13T14:49:15.174+01:002018-08-13T14:49:15.174+01:00I think Russia is a real threat to the Baltic stat...I think Russia is a real threat to the Baltic states, which it has always seen as part of its territory, and to Ukraine ("Little Russia"). <br /><br />Don CoxAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1537213245172078183.post-1618872760661206172018-08-13T14:01:18.399+01:002018-08-13T14:01:18.399+01:00Yep, they just went on extended camping trips in G...Yep, they just went on extended camping trips in Georgia and UkraineTrThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07316335177828136131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1537213245172078183.post-51284646724716102652018-08-13T13:24:38.323+01:002018-08-13T13:24:38.323+01:00Erdogan better watch his back with Putin. Putin is...Erdogan better watch his back with Putin. Putin is reputedly a ‘chess grandmaster’ always several moves ahead where geopolitics is concerned. Don’t forget it was Turkey that shot down a Russian plane and a Turk who killed the Russian Ambassador to Turkey. <br /><br />Erdogan is in turn still sore at the attempted coup (where Russia is alleged to have warned him) by Gulenists who he claimed were supported by America. Despite the purge of his opposition it is clear he is in a very tenuous position. His level of paranoia has gone through the roof and will only make matters worse as he makes unforced errors. He is, after all, only a pawn in the game.Rossahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04038665955603179495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1537213245172078183.post-43782403513239937902018-08-13T12:32:44.579+01:002018-08-13T12:32:44.579+01:00Like Dave G, I cannot see the need to alienate Rus...Like Dave G, I cannot see the need to alienate Russia. There was a time when we were preached at to court any tyranny in order to influence their change for the better. It is reasonable to suggest the Soviet Union crumbled far quicker under political and economic pressure than ever from the threat of a nuclear winter.<br /><br />Putin wants Erdogan close to temper his Syrian land grab ambition. Seems a good move to me. As for Russia without nuclear arms, their energy reserves are pretty massive as is their land mass. far more than the UK can ever dream of.Oldrightiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03192587284458430556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1537213245172078183.post-62975066910966096592018-08-13T11:40:49.887+01:002018-08-13T11:40:49.887+01:00Fortunately Turkey has no oil. But it does have mi...Fortunately Turkey has no oil. But it does have millions of people plus all the refugees it can push towards us. <br />JadedAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1537213245172078183.post-20578603733454637262018-08-13T11:13:49.596+01:002018-08-13T11:13:49.596+01:00Why must we always live with the concept that Russ...<br />Why must we always live with the concept that Russia is the enemy? The MIC 'needs' an enemy to justify its existence and strive towards war at all costs to maintain their hegemony - a hegemony we need to curtail (at a minimum) or break (as a maximum).<br /><br />Tactics that the USA are employing to isolate Turkey (whilst potentially justified) only serve to drive rogue states towards Russia who would be idiotic to ignore Turkeys pleas given the way Globalist pressures are always aimed at isolating Russia anyway - as self-serving concept really.<br /><br />Russia isn't a threat to anyone (without its nuclear arsenal it wouldn't even peek above the horizon of many economies) but they are used CONSTANTLY as a means to drive us towards actions that further isolate them and increase tensions.<br /><br />If we 'need' a war why can't we deal with the real enemies of this world like the KSA?<br />or the EU? CHINA appears to be the up and coming leader in enemies....<br /><br />Now that America has driven Syria to export Muslims, Turkey will be driven (arguably they'll tactically use the issue as a 'weapon' anyway) to further increase the traffic of 'undesirables' towards Europe - and Europe won't be in a position to refuse or even argue against it as they will be part of its bloody creation! In fact they will secretly WELCOME it!<br /><br />The attack on Turkey is further indication that the US is manipulating <b>European</b> foreign policy - the wider picture needs to be broadcast.<br />Dave_Gnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1537213245172078183.post-85659378989932842782018-08-13T10:06:04.931+01:002018-08-13T10:06:04.931+01:00"We have always been at war with Eastasia . ...."We have always been at war with Eastasia . . ."Budgienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1537213245172078183.post-40509471097722009772018-08-13T07:34:14.538+01:002018-08-13T07:34:14.538+01:00The 11.30pm doner-with-extra-chilli has been an es...The 11.30pm doner-with-extra-chilli has been an essential part of the British saturday night for, oooh, decades. Just don't leave the wrapper out where you can see the next morning the thick, waxy, congealed grease now lining your arteries ... Raedwaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11699610899843349594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1537213245172078183.post-2681158020177080802018-08-13T07:08:51.967+01:002018-08-13T07:08:51.967+01:00And we needed Turkish kebab shops because......?
...And we needed Turkish kebab shops because......?<br /><br />Erdogan is a nasty Islamist and he's turning Turkey back into an Islamic state, which will fail like all the others.<br /><br />All we can do is insulate ourselves from it as best we can while it goes down the Islamist shitter like its neighbouring Muslim states. There's nothing we can do about it all the time the ignorant, backward, religion-obsessed provincial peasants vote for an Islamist to wreck their country's chances of success in the 21st century.<br /><br />DeeDee99https://www.blogger.com/profile/06753473473887381622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1537213245172078183.post-72676819481753012992018-08-13T06:17:34.226+01:002018-08-13T06:17:34.226+01:00Ah yes, the common enemy that no-one may dare spea...Ah yes, the common enemy that no-one may dare speak its name.<br /><br />I am sure there were many fine young German men that would have worked hard in Britain in 1938 and many fine Russian men who would have worked hard in Britain in 1958. But we never let them in, I wonder why?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com