Only in the fantasy world of "Hotspur" where clean-jawed Tommies shook the hands of their foes after knocking them for six.
WarWithTurkey
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Only in the fantasy world of "Hotspur" where clean-jawed Tommies shook the hands of their foes after knocking them for six.
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Compared with the total number of planes shot down in WW2 by both sides, those were probably rare occurances.
As far as I know, in the Middle East recently, just 1 Jordanian pilot and now two Russian pilots have had to eject;
2 out of those 3 were brutally murdered. I doubt 2/3 pilots ejecting on both sides in WW2 were treated like that.
Keep an eye on China, an economy that's able to lift more people out of poverty like never seen before, an economy that might just start another arms race.
Sabres at the ready, let's start rattling.
This whole thing could get a whole lot worse.
It's been a worry that ww3 could start in the Middle-East, I hope not.
Sabres at the ready, let's start rattling.
This whole thing could get a whole lot worse.
It's been a worry that ww3 could start in the Middle-East, I hope not.
More than likely now, after the Turkeys shot down the Russian aeroplane.
Still, not to worry. A nuclear exchange is most unlikely. The Russians will not attack us with nuclear weapons whilst we continue to possess ours. Deterrence: the whole raison d'etre of nuclear weapons.
As for a war between Russia and Turkey: quite possible. If so, for God's sake - no, sod God - for OUR sake, keep out of it.
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Won't get me, I'm digging a bunker as I type.
As I said earlier, Turkey should be expelled from NATO. It makes a lot of sense.
I'm so confident it won't Joe, that I'll shout you a beer if I'm wrong.
As above, Turkey should never have been part of NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization). It's really a middle-eastern country which is becoming more islamic, with a dismal human-rights record, and well-known to turn a blind eye to certain terrorist factions. Their standards in diplomacy are just not ours in the West.
Say Turkey was pummelled by Russia, then of course we would all be supposed to pile in in defence of Turkey. As Russia's conventional weaponry would probably ultimately not prevail against NATO's, Russia would then feel cornered and more inclined to use the ultimate weapons. Just because we in the West keep nukes as a deterrent, it doesn't mean to say the Russians would see it that way if they had their backs against the wall.
Upshot is that we should be prepared for the ultimate war, in support of a petulant nation in the middle east. But of course, it's probably our fault originally for meddling in Iraq, Afcrapistan, Libya etc. Was the world any less safe when Gadaffi and Sadam were in charge? Tyrants, yes. but they kept the lid on the fanatics. The liberals who wanted to emancipate the downtrodden masses in the middle east should have remembered that the road to hell is indeed paved with good intentions
Say Turkey was pummelled by Russia, then of course we would all be supposed to pile in in defence of Turkey. As Russia's conventional weaponry would probably ultimately not prevail against NATO's, Russia would then feel cornered and more inclined to use the ultimate weapons. Just because we in the West keep nukes as a deterrent, it doesn't mean to say the Russians would see it that way if they had their backs against the wall.
Upshot is that we should be prepared for the ultimate war, in support of a petulant nation in the middle east. But of course, it's probably our fault originally for meddling in Iraq, Afcrapistan, Libya etc. Was the world any less safe when Gadaffi and Sadam were in charge? Tyrants, yes. but they kept the lid on the fanatics. The liberals who wanted to emancipate the downtrodden masses in the middle east should have remembered that the road to hell is indeed paved with good intentions
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