Originally Posted by
Asturias56
In 4 years time the Falklands will be producing a lot of oil - for 3000 people - they'll be able to do a Brunei and hire their own Gurkhas.
And Tto be faitr he does look at the relative steconomic strentghs o f NATo & Russia and reckons it would be no contest if everyone adopted the attitude of the Finns, Poles etc to re-armament. But who is going to step forward and lead - and make the cuts to the comfortable societies that we're all used to?
We've all been enjoying the peace dividend for a few years now. Which politicians are going to be brave enough to invoke a threat-of-war un-dividend?
With exception of the Finns, the Poles, and the Baltic states, no politicians come to mind. Merz perhaps.