Personally I think Putin dipped his toes in the water to see how the west would react initially in Georgia, and seeing the lack lustre response, he realised the west would do nothing to prevent any future conflicts, and it is proving the case.
I am ashamed to be British over the state of play in the Ukraine... For whatever reason, right or wrong, we and the U.S. gave the Ukraine assurances that if they disarmed their nuclear capability we would protect them... Words come easy from the mouths of sleazy politicians, it's just a shame they have used the armed forces as a "balancing the books" scapegoat to the detriment of a credible force.
It's ok MP's spouting the usual rhetoric in saying XYZ has the capability of ten of its predecessor, but you cannot have one ship, one fighter, one tank in ten different places, and remember the oppositions capability has also increased tenfold, however they haven't used that bullsh*t to reduce the fleet size.
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Last edited by NutLoose; 10th Feb 2015 at 01:57.